Plant Saussurea lappa (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Costus; Kuth

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
(E)-9-ISOPROPYL-6-METHYLDECA-5,9-DIEN-2-ONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z,Z,Z)-1,8,11,14-HEPTADECATETRAENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
12-METHOXY-DIHYDROCOSTUNOLIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
22-DIHYDROSTIGMASTEROL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ISOPROPYLPENTANOIC-ACID	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-ETHYLOCTANOIC-ACID	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-OCTENOIC-ACID	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Root	not available	500.0	-0.90	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMORPHENIC-ACID	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN-STEARATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COSTENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	180.0	4200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-IONONE	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APLOTAXENE	0	Root	600.0	14000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN-STEARATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-COSTENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	180.0	4200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antiasthmatic	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	10	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	2	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	3	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticolitic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic	5	Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiestrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifeedant	4	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.
Antifertility	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.