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
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-CAFFEYL-TARTARIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Rhizome	not available	1800.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	1000.0	11494.0	-0.90	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Rhizome	12000.0	13333.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	14000.0	160919.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Rhizome	200000.0	222222.0	0.49	Duke, 1992 *
FUCOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTURONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCURONIC-ACID	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HCN	9	Leaf	not available	560.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
HCN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Leaf	not available	0.9	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCROTONYLPTEROSINS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE	0	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
Antimitotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimutagenic	8	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antineoplastic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antinitrosaminic	4	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinociceptive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiotitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant	12	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	6	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antipharyngitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).