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Common Names
Black Haw
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EO | 0 | Bark | 2800.0 | 3300.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCULETIN | 30 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMIC-ACID | 13 | 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. |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTACOSANE | 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. |
| ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID | 4 | 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. |
| ISOVALERIANIC-ACID | 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. |
| ISOVALERIC-ACID | 5 | Root Bark | not available | 130.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HEPTACOSANE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | 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. |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID-ACETATE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTOSANS | 0 | Bark | not available | 160000.0 | -1.00 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Bark | not available | 24000.0 | -2.04 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anthelmintic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiadrenergic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Antiaflatoxin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaggregant | 1 | 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. |
| Antiallergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran | 1 | Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215. |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiaphthic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiasthmatic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic? | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibradykinic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |