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Common Names
Yellow Elder
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-VIOLAXANTHIN | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARIN | 57 | Bark | not available | 80.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CRYPTOXANTHIN | 2 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-SKYTANTHINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 200000.0 | 230000.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDROXYPHENYLLACTIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INDOLE | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAPACHOL | 48 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUTATOCHROME | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NORMETHYL-SKYTANTHINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 4800.0 | 5520.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTADECATETRAENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 3800.0 | 4370.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 8200.0 | 9430.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 1400.0 | 1610.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 1200.0 | 1380.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOFLUENE-I | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOFLUENE-II | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiamebic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antiandrogenic | 3 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianxiety | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiarrhythmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 5 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
| Antibrucellosic | 1 | Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990. |
| Anticancer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 2 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Kidney) | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Prostate) | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinogenic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |