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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
6-METHOXY-FLAVONES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN 43 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-2-{4-(5-FORMYL-2-THIENYL)BUT-3-YN-1-ENYL}-FURAN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Flower not available 8600.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
HISPIDULIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MENTH-1-EN-4-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEPETIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PATULETIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTOLINARIGENIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHELLANDRAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHELLANDRENE 4 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
Herbicide 2 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hyperthermic 1 HerbalGram No. 22 - Spring 1990, page 45.
Hypocholesterolemic 2 Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991.
Hypothermic 1 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 2 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative 1 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *