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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
PTEROSIDES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PTEROSINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Rhizome not available 450000.0 0.10 Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Rhizome 67000.0 213000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SULPHOQUINOVOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINASE-I 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TILIROSIDE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf not available 913000.0 0.53 Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 Plant 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
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 *