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
Vasomotor-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	2	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	4	Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229