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Common Names
Chinese Foxglove
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALANINE | 3 | Root | 3000.0 | 9000.0 | 2.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Root | 42000.0 | 87000.0 | 3.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Root | 1000.0 | 39000.0 | 3.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AUCUBIN | 20 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Root | not available | 1150.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATALPOL | 3 | Root | not available | 1100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Root | not available | 4.0 | -0.85 | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-FRUCTOSE | 0 | Root | 17000.0 | 56000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GALACTOSE | 0 | Root | 7000.0 | 53000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GLUCOSE | 1 | Root | 17000.0 | 91000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA | 22 | Root | 4000.0 | 31000.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSAMINE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Root | 2000.0 | 53000.0 | 3.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Root | 1000.0 | 2000.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Root | 1000.0 | 4000.0 | 2.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Root | not available | 920.0 | 0.89 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Root | 2000.0 | 9000.0 | 2.88 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Root | 2000.0 | 5000.0 | 0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYSINE | 4 | Root | 2000.0 | 4000.0 | 0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimetastatic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimorphinic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| AntiMS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimutagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephritic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antinociceptive | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 2 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiophidic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiophthalmic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiosteoporotic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiototic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antioxidant | 8 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Antioxidant? | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparkinsonian | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |