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Plant Solidago virgaurea (Asteraceae)

Common Names
European Goldenrod; Woundwort
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiviral 5 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bifidogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 6 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillarigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 3 Duke, 1992 *