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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
Antinephritic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinitrosaminic 1 *
Antinociceptive 2 Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antiobesity? 1 *
Antionychyotic 1 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiosteoporotic? 1 *
Antiotitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antioxalate 1 *
Antioxidant 7 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiperoxidant 1 *
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 2 *
Antiprostaglandin 2 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 1 *
Antipyretic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiradicular 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th