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
PTEROSIDES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PTEROSINS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHIKIMIC-ACID	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Rhizome	not available	450000.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Rhizome	67000.0	213000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULPHOQUINOVOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINASE-I	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TILIROSIDE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	913000.0	0.53	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	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
Metal-Chelator	2	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mutagenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	4	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Oviposition-Stimulant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
P450-Inducer	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *