Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Tsuga canadensis (Pinaceae)

Common Names
Eastern Hemlock
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
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Branches *
BETULIN 13 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Twig Jim Duke's personal files.
CADINENE 4 Branches *
EO 0 Branches 4000.0 4600.0 -1.14 *
GALACTOGLUCOMANNAN 0 Wood *
GALACTOGLUCOMANNOGLYCAN 0 Wood *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Branches *
L-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Branches *
L-BORNEOL 0 Branches *
L-BORNYL-ACETATE 0 Branches *
L-CAMPHENE 0 Branches *
L-LIMONENE 2 Branches *
MYRCENE 22 Branches 104.0 120.0 *
PICEATANNOL 8 Bark 8000.0 10000.0 *
PINITOL 5 Branches *
TANNIN 35 Bark 100000.0 150500.0 0.08 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 15000.0 -1.17 *
TANNIN 35 Root Bark 245000.0 0.55 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Oliveira, T. T., Nagem, T. J., Miranda, L. C. G., Paula, V. F., Teixeira, M. A. 1997. Inhibitory Action on Aldose Reductase by Soybean Flavonoids. J Braz Chem Soc, 8(3): 211-213.
Allelopathic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 1 (View) Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Anthelmintic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 (View) *
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 5 (View) *
Anticancer 2 (View) *
Anticarcinomic 1 (View) *
Anticariogenic 1 (View) *
Anticonvulsant 1 (View) *
Antidiabetic 1 (View) *
Antidiarrheic 1 (View) *