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Plant Ravensara aromatica (Lauraceae)

Common Names
Ravensara
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Bark not available 44.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf not available 20.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf not available 60.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf not available 80.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Bark not available 22.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf not available 300.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Bark not available 22.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Leaf not available 40.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Bark not available 22.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf not available 60.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf not available 120.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLAL 20 Leaf not available 20.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Bark not available 22.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Leaf not available 60.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE 2 Leaf not available 20.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ELEMICIN 16 Leaf not available 540.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Bark not available 22000.0 0.96 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf not available 20000.0 0.74 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Bark not available 110.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Leaf not available 60.0 -0.81 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Acaricide 6 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Anesthetic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 2 Janssens, J., Laekeman, G.M., Pieters, L.A.C., Totte, J., Herman, A.G., and Vlietinck, A.J. 1990. Nutmeg Oil: Identification and Quantitation of its Most Active Constituents as Inhibitors of Platelet Aggregation. J.of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 179-188, 1990.
Antiallergic 3 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *