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Plant Solidago virgaurea (Asteraceae)

Common Names
European Goldenrod; Woundwort
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
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN-TANNINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CLERODANE-DITERPENES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELONGATOLIDES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INULIN 19 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEICARPOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MATRICARIAESTER 0 Root not available 8000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
POLYGALIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOLIDAGOLACTONES 0 Leaf 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
Antiglaucomic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigonadotropic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihypertensive 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antihyperthyroid 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 6 Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 3 Duke, 1992 *