Plant Tilia sp. (Tiliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Basswood; Lime; Linden

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
PHLOBAPHENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	36000.0	113000.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	162000.0	184000.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE-7-RHAMNOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-RHAMNOSIDE-XYLOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE	10	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTANOL	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXEROL	2	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEOL	18	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRACOSANE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TILIROSIDE	3	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROL	93	Flower	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
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	8	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lubricant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	2	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	2	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *