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Plant Pteridium aquilinum (Dennstaedtiaceae)

Common Names
Bracken; Bracken Fern
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANNOSE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITYLPTEROSINS 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSIDE-A 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLACETYLPTEROSINS 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE-AMMONIA-LYASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PONASTEROSIDE-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PRODELPHINIDIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 10000.0 114942.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Rhizome 95000.0 105555.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PRUNASIN 2 Leaf not available 1580.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
PTAQUILOSIDE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PTERAQUILIN 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PTERIDINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PTEROLACTAM 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PTEROSIDE-A 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *