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
Antisalmonella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiserotonin	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antisickling	1	Planta Medica, 56(6): 681, 1990.
Antispasmodic	9	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisunburn	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antithyrotoxic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitrypanosomic	2	Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitumor	12	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *