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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |