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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
P450-Inducer 1 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Perfumery 8 Merck 11th Edition
Pesticide 17 *
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Prebiotic 1 *
Probiotic 1 *
Probiotigenic 1 *
Propecic 2 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Huang, C., Tunon, H., Bohlin, L. 1995. Anti-Inflammatory Compounds Isolated from Menyanthes trifoliata L. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 30(8): 621-626.
Protisticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Psychotropic 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.
Schistosomicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sedative 3 *
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 2 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide 2 Martindale's 28th
Termiticide 1 Mater Org (Berl), 24:301, 1989.
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.