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Plant 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
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CEROTIC-ACID 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CHROMIUM 24 Bark not available 21.0 1.42 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Bark not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
COBALT 2 Bark not available 115.0 3.11 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CYANIDIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D,L-CATECHIN 0 Bark not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D,L-CATECHIN 0 Root Bark not available 900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTOURONIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTOURONIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-XYLOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-XYLOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiasthmatic? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 19 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *