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Common Names
Pito sico; Santa maria
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981. |
| ALPHA-AMYRIN | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE | 4 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| CUATHEMONES | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| FLAVONOIDS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| GLUCOSIDES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| STEROIDS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| TANNINS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| TARAXASTERYL-ACETATE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| TERPENOIDS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| THYMOHYDROQUINONE-DIMETHYLETHER | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatoprotective | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 1 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Hypoglycemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 2 | Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994. |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Juvabional | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Larvistat | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690. |
| Metal-Chelator | 1 | McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25. |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Pesticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sunscreen | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sweetener | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Vulnerary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |