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
Antiphotophobic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipodriac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiproliferant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprotozoal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	12	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antirenitic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirheumatic	1	Duke, 1992 *