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Plant Pteridium aquilinum (Dennstaedtiaceae)

Common Names
Bracken; Bracken Fern
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANNOSE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITYLPTEROSINS 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSIDE-A 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLACETYLPTEROSINS 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE-AMMONIA-LYASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PONASTEROSIDE-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PRODELPHINIDIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 10000.0 114942.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Rhizome 95000.0 105555.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PRUNASIN 2 Leaf not available 1580.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
PTAQUILOSIDE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PTERAQUILIN 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PTERIDINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PTEROLACTAM 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PTEROSIDE-A 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *