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Plant Sanguisorba officinalis (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Greater Burnet
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
SANGUISORBIGENIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANGUISORBIN 0 Plant 25000.0 40000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SANGUISORBINE-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANGUISORBINE-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANGUISORBINE-E 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR 0 Root not available 9000.0 -1.04 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available 170000.0 1.26 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Hs not available 170000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TOMENTOSLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WAREMOKONIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZIYUGLYCOSIDE-I 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZIYUGLYCOSIDE-II 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
Antiedemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 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.
Antifertility 1 Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.
Antifibrosarcomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 3 Joyeux, M., Rolland, A., Fleurentin, J., Mortier, F., and Dorfman, P. 1989. Tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide-Induced Injury in Isolated Rat Hepatocytes: A Model for Studying Anti-Hepatotoxic Crude Drugs. Planta Medica 56(2): 171-173, 1990.
Antiherpetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 3 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
AntiHIV 6 Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperlipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.