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Common Names
Arbor-Vitae; Northern White-Cedar
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Colorant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Convulsant | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Corrosive | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Cosmetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Counterirritant | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Culicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclooxygenase-Activator | 1 | 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. |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Decongestant | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Deliriant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Demulcent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dermatitigenic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Detoxicant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Ecbolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |