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

Plant Saussurea lappa (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Costus, Kuth
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
(E)-9-ISOPROPYL-6-METHYLDECA-5,9-DIEN-2-ONE 0 Plant *
(Z,Z,Z)-1,8,11,14-HEPTADECATETRAENE 0 Root *
12-METHOXY-DIHYDROCOSTUNOLIDE 0 Root *
22-DIHYDROSTIGMASTEROL 0 Root *
3-ISOPROPYLPENTANOIC-ACID 0 Root Essent. Oil *
3-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Root Essent. Oil *
4-ETHYLOCTANOIC-ACID 0 Root Essent. Oil *
7-OCTENOIC-ACID 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Root Essent. Oil *
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 500.0 -0.90 *
ALPHA-AMORPHENIC-ACID 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-AMYRIN-STEARATE 0 Plant *
ALPHA-COSTENE 0 Root Essent. Oil 180.0 4200.0 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-IONONE 5 Root *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root Essent. Oil *
APLOTAXENE 0 Root 600.0 14000.0 *
BETA-AMYRIN-STEARATE 0 Plant *
BETA-COSTENE 0 Root Essent. Oil 180.0 4200.0 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Allelopathic 1 (View) Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 6 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 3 (View) Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 (View) *
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antialopecic 2 (View) *
Antiandrogenic 3 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 2 (View) *