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
Candidicide	3	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Chemopreventive (Breast Cancer)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive (Colon Cancer)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Dermal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Emetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	3	Martindale's 28th
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
FLavor	9	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
FPTase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *