Plant Tsuga canadensis (Pinaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Eastern Hemlock

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
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN	13	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN	13	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
CADINENE	4	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Branches	4000.0	4600.0	-1.14	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOGLUCOMANNAN	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOGLUCOMANNOGLYCAN	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-ALPHA-PINENE	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-BORNEOL	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-BORNYL-ACETATE	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-CAMPHENE	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-LIMONENE	2	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Branches	104.0	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PICEATANNOL	8	Bark	8000.0	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PINITOL	5	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Bark	100000.0	150500.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Leaf	not available	15000.0	-1.17	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Root Bark	not available	245000.0	0.55	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
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hallucinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
HIV-RT-Inhibitor	1	Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hypolipemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Insectiphile	1	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
JNK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *