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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiflu | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antiglaucomic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antigoiter | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigonadotropic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihematuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 1 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV-Integrase | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |