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Common Names
Damiana
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COBALT | 2 | Leaf | 3.0 | 12.9 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAMIANIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | 70000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | 2100.0 | 10000.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 9450.0 | 45000.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | not available | 109000.0 | -0.65 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Leaf | not available | 109000.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Leaf | not available | 330000.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-CADINENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| GONZALITOSIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | 16.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GONZALITOSIN-I | 0 | Branches | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| GUM | 0 | Branches | not available | 135000.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| GUM | 0 | Leaf | 31500.0 | 150000.0 | 1.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXACOSAN-1-OL | 0 | Shoot | not available | 80.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXACOSANOL-1 | 0 | Branches | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 19.0 | 88.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Leaf | 428.0 | 2040.0 | -0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Leaf | 1.1 | 5.4 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-TRIACONTANE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 130.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiandrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiapneic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiapoptotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiarthritic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |