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Common Names
Bracken; Bracken Fern
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-CAFFEYL-TARTARIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1800.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 1000.0 | 11494.0 | -0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Rhizome | 12000.0 | 13333.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 14000.0 | 160919.0 | -0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Rhizome | 200000.0 | 222222.0 | 0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FUCOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FUMARIC-ACID | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTURONIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCURONIC-ACID | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HCN | 9 | Leaf | not available | 560.0 | -0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HCN | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Leaf | not available | 0.9 | 0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOCROTONYLPTEROSINS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hemostat | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 5 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210. |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 1 | Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990. |
| Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hydrocholerectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hyperthyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypoglycemic | 1 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ileorelaxant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |