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
Insectifuge	5	Duke, 1992 *
Insectiphile	1	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Irritant	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Keratitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Larvicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	3	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 29th
Myorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	2	Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Osteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-1A-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *