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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLANTARENALOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SKATOLE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STANSIOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 600.0 | 690.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TECOMANINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TECOMINE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TECOSTANINE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TECOSTIDINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTAMINE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZEAXANTHIN | 5 | Flower | 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. |