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Plant Tilia sp. (Tiliaceae)

Common Names
Basswood; Lime; Linden
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHYL-BENZOATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHYLPHENYLACETATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AFZELIN 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 21000.0 66000.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 232000.0 727000.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 575000.0 653000.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-TRANS-FARNESOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-TRANS-FARNESYL-ACETATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTEINE 13 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 3 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 17 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibiotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antibradykinic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 366.
Antibronchitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 6 Duke, 1992 *