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
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility	1	Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Anticoronary	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCVI	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	1	Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant	2	Duke, 1992 *