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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Syringa vulgaris (Oleaceae)

Common Names
Lilac
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
JASMINIDINE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
JASMINININE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LIGUSTROLIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LINALOL 0 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MANNITOL 18 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MANNITOL 18 Lh ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
METHYL-BENZYL-ETHER 0 Flower Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NEOACETOSIDE 0 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NEUZHISIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
OCIMENE 2 Flower Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OEUROPEIN 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
RUTIN 87 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
SEDOHEPTULOSE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SINAPYLALCOHOL 1 Leaf Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SYRINGENONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
SYRINGIN 9 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SYRINGOPICRIN 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SYRINGOPICROSIDE 1 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
SYRINGOXSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiendometriotic 1 *
Antierythemic 1 *
Antiescherichic 1 *
Antifatigue 1 *
Antifeedant 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifibrosarcomic 1 *
Antifibrotic 1 *
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigallstone 1 *
Antigastritic 1 *
Antigingivitic 1 *
Antiglaucomic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihangover 1 *
Antihematuric 1 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 *
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 2 *