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Plant Thuja occidentalis (Cupressaceae)

Common Names
Arbor-Vitae; Northern White-Cedar
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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL 3 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
10-NONACOSANOL 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-EUDESMOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJAPLICIN 1 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-THUJAPLICIN 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE 12 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR 41 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-ALPHA-THUJONE 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-CHIRO-INOSITOL 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Branches 6000.0 10000.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 150000.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Branches 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
(-)-Chronotropic 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 2 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *