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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pesticide | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Preservative | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Protisticide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Spermicide | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Sweetener | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Teratogenic | 1 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Toxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Triglycerigenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 2 | HerbalGram No. 20, page 9. |
| Uricogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Verrucolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vulnerary | 1 | Martindale's 29th |