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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Viburnum opulus (Adoxaceae)

Common Names
Crampbark; European Cranberry Bush; Guelder Rose; Snowballbush
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Subspecies
var. opulus

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
EO 0 Bark 1000.0 3000.0 -0.70 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
EPICATECHIN 40 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ESCULETIN 30 Bark *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Root Bark *
GLUCOSE 7 Root Bark *
HYDROQIONONE 0 Plant Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
IRON 6 Bark 880.0 3.06 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf *
L-ARABINOSE 0 Fruit *
L-ARABINOSE 0 Leaf *
L-RHAMNOSE 0 Fruit *
L-RHAMNOSE 0 Leaf *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Bark *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Root Bark *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
MAGNESIUM 65 Bark 3110.0 0.93 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MALIC-ACID 15 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MANGANESE 14 Bark 49.0 -0.35 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimenopausal 4 *
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 5 *
Antimigraine 2 Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 16 *
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyocarditic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinephritic 2 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinephrolytic 1 *
Antineuramidase 1 *
Antineuropathic 1 *
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 1 *
Antinitrosaminic 3 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 3 *
Antinyctalopic 1 *
Antiobesity 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.