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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Sarracenia flava (Sarraceniaceae)

How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,1,3-TRIMETHYL-P-3-PHENYLINDAN 0 Essential Oil *
1-METHYL-2-ETHYL-BENZENE 0 Essential Oil *
1-METHYL-3-ETHYL-BENZENE 0 Essential Oil *
1-METHYL-4-ETHYL-BENZENE 0 Essential Oil *
2,4-DIMETHYL-HEPTA-2,4-DIENAL 0 Essential Oil *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Essential Oil *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
3,5-DIMETHYL-METHYLBENZOATE 0 Essential Oil *
ACETYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Root 600.0 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf *
BENZOTHIAZOLE 0 Essential Oil *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Essential Oil *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root 50.0 -0.27 *
BETULIN 13 Root *
BETULIN 13 Shoot *
BETULINALDEHYDE 0 Shoot *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Flower *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Allelochemic 1 (View) 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 4 (View) Martindale's 29th
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 2 (View) Martindale's 28th
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antialzheimeran? 1 (View) L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 1 (View) Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 5 (View) *
Anticancer 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.