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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 2570.0 | 14440.0 | -0.27 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 82500.0 | 567000.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| CEPHARADIONE-A | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CEPHARADIONE-B | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| DELTA-ELEMENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| ELEMICINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | 4700.0 | 5800.0 | -0.50 | Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981. |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 14000.0 | 79000.0 | 0.45 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 22000.0 | 124000.0 | -0.46 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| GAMMA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiherpetic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiichythyotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiinfertility | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 12 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antiinsomniac | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiinsomnic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antikeratitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilaryngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileishmanic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilepric | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antileukemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukoplakic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilipoperoxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |