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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trichomonistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Trypsin-Enhancer | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93. |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ubiquiot | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 2 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Uricosuric | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterotonic | 1 | Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 5 | Martindale's 29th |
| Vermifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Verrucolytic | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Vibriocide | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Vulnerary | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |