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Plant Pogostemon cablin (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Patchouli
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,10-EPOXY-ALPHABULNESENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-ALPHA,5-ALPHA-EPOXY-ALPHA-GUAIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-BETA,5-BETA-EPOXY-ALPHA-GUAIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYLHEXANOIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-PENTANOIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BULNESENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BULNESENE-OXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BULNESONE 0 Plant 1260.0 5460.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GUAIENE 0 Plant 1261.0 5460.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GUAIENE-OXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PATCHOULENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-(-6'-P-COUMAROYL)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AZULENE 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PATCHOULENE 0 Plant 120.0 464.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antibacterial 14 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Anticancer 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 2 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidermatitic 3 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidiarrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiedemic 3 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.
Antienterococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiestrogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).