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Common Names
Cordoncillo; Hierba Santa; Hoja Santa
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUMULENE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 48.0 | 315.0 | -0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | 570.0 | 3200.0 | 0.29 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| LIGNANS | 10 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| MUUROLENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| MYRISTICIN | 31 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| N-HEXADECANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| NIACIN | 39 | Leaf | 9.0 | 100.0 | 0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONAN-2-ONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| PARACIMENENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| PARACIMENOL-8 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 490.0 | 2920.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIPEROCROMANOIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| PIPEROCROMENOIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| PIPEROIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 39000.0 | 219000.0 | 0.07 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 2.4 | 13.5 | -0.11 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Rubefacient | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Secretogogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 9 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Serotoninergic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Spasmogenic | 5 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Stimulant | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Stomachic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Surfactant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tachycardic | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Termiticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termitifuge | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosterone-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Tranquilizer | 3 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90. |
| Transdermal | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonicide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |