Plant Rhododendron ferrugineum (Ericaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Rusty-Leaved Alpenrose

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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
ACETYLANDROMEDOL	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTIN	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPANULIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIFRIEDELIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRIEDELIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHODODENDRIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Leaf	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
Allelochemic	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	1	Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Antiaphthic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1	Planta Medica, 57: A56, 1991.
Antiatherosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Anticarcinomic	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Anticariogenic	2	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticholestatic	1	Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Anticoagulant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Anticomplement	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.
Antidiabetic	1	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)