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
Fungicide	8	Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective	1	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Gastrostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	1	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.
Hypercholesterolemic	1	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperthermic	1	HerbalGram No. 22 - Spring 1990, page 45.
Hypocholesterolemic	5	Yu, S.G., Anderson, P.J., and Elson, C.E. 1995. Efficacy of B-Ionone in the Chemoprevention of Rat Mammary Carcinogenesis. J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2144-2147.
Hypocholesterolemic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic	2	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypothermic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	1	Bettarini, F., Borgonovi, G.E., et al. 1991. Antiparasitic Compounds from East African Plants: Isolation and Biological Activity of Anonaine, Matricarianol, Canthin-6-One and Caryophyllene Oxide. Insect Sci. Applic. 14(1): 93-99, 1993.