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Plant Rhododendron ponticum (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Pontic Alpenrose
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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLANDROMEDIENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLANDROMEDOL 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANDROMEDOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANDROMEDOLDITERPENES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTIN 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-10(18)-ACETYLANDROMEDOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN 40 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRIEDELIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYPETIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALVIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALVIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN 34 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHODODENDRIN 0 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
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelochemic 5 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 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaggregant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic 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.
Antianaphylactic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *