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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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
19-DEHYDROURSOLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Stem not available 1100.0 2.80 Jim Duke's personal files.
CATECHOL-TANINS 0 Root not available 170000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CATECHOL-TANINS 0 Hs not available 170000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Hl not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGITANNINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 135000.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-GLUCOSIDE-GALLATES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POMOLIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 128000.0 -0.94 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANGUIIN-H-1 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANGUIIN-H-2 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANGUIIN-H-6 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANGUISORBIC-ACID-DILACTONE 0 Root 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
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 4 Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antiulcer 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 5 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bactericide 1 Wealth of India.
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 2 Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447.
Beta-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 5 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 3 Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
Cardioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *