Plant Pteridium aquilinum (Dennstaedtiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bracken; Bracken Fern

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
2,4,6-TRIMETHYL-3-OXO-5-INDANACETIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
20-HYDROXYECDYSONE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-O-CAFFEOYLSHIKIMIC-ACID	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLPTEROSINS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ECDYSONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANEURINASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AQUILIDE-A	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	6000.0	68965.0	-0.88	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Rhizome	83000.0	92222.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOYLPTEROSINS	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	not available	1.0	-1.13	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	56000.0	643678.0	0.25	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Rhizome	510000.0	566666.0	-1.19	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHOL-TANNIN	0	Rhizome	not available	66000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHICORIC-ACID	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CICHORIC-ACID	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Martindale's 28th
Acnegenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Additive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic	2	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	3	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	6	Martindale's 28th
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.