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Common Names
White Hellebore
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOVERACINTINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOGERMINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISORUBIJERVINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JERVINE | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LOVERAINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOVERATRIDINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOVERATRINE-A | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOVERATRINE-B | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PSEUDOJERVINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PSEUDOJERVOINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PSI-JERVINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RESIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 250000.0 | 0.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHAMNOVERACINTINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIJERVINE | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIVERINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOLANIDINE | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYNAINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VERACINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Acetylcholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acidulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Aggregant | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antialcoholic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiandrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antibacterial | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticholinesterase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiabetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiedemic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifeedant | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |