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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
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 2 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.
Cancer-Preventive 9 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 6 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Candidistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiodepressant 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Cardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carminative 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chronotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulatory-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 4 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *