Plant Thuja occidentalis (Cupressaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Arbor-Vitae; Northern White-Cedar

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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 *

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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
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaginitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	1	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Merck 11th Edition
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	2	Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447.
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *