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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
KAEMPFEROL-3,7-DIRHAMNOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCO-7-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINARIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROL 10 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDOL 11 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONADECANE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTACOSANE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECANE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTACOSANE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 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
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Sedative 9 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Sunscreen 3 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Sweetener 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Teratologic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.