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Plant Santolina chamaecyparissus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Lavender Cotton
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
PINENE 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THUJENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-2-{4-(5-FORMYL-2-THIENYL)BUT-3-YN-1-ENYL}-FURAN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 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
Antiestrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 5 Merck 11th Edition
Antiherpetic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antihistaminic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiHIV 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperlipidemic 1 Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991.
Antihypertensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 6 Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 5 Life Sciences 55: 1061.