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Common Names
White Hellebore
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Flatugenic | 1 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| Fungicide | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hepatoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 1 | Martindale's 30th |
| Hypoglycemic | 1 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Insecticide | 1 | Grainge, M. and Ahmed, S., Handbook of Plants with Pest-Control Properties, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1988, 470. |
| Irritant | 1 | Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill. |
| Keratitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laxative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Memory-Enhancer | 1 | Science News, 138: 189, 1990. |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Neoplastic | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Osteolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Perfumery | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |