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Plant Thuja occidentalis (Cupressaceae)

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
GAMMA-EUDESMOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL 8 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOTHUJONE 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUNIPERIC-ACID 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOSIDE 2 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-ALPHA-FENCHENE 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-FENCHONE 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-LEUKANTHELMITOL 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYO-INOSITOL 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-3-GLYCOSIDE 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE 5 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCCIDENTALOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCCIDION 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCCIDOL 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTAHYDROXYFLAVONE-3'-BETA-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant 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
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 9 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Carminative 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant 2 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *