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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-DEOXOJERVINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 20-(2-METHYL-1-PYRROLIN-5-OYL)-4-PREGNEN-3-ONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Plant | not available | 13000.0 | -0.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 10000.0 | -0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKAMINE-A | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKAMINE-X | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANGELOYL-ZYGADENILIC-ACID-LACTONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANGELOYL-ZYGADENINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CERALOBINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHELIDONIC-ACID | 2 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEACETYLGERMITETRINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEACETYLNEOPROTOVERATRINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEACETYLPROTOVERATRINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERALBINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMERINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMINE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMITETRINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihangover | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiinflammatory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiketotic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antileukemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimutagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinauseant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiophidic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiophthalmic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiotitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antioxidant | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprogestational | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiprostaglandin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprostatitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |