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Plant Viburnum prunifolium (Caprifoliaceae)

Common Names
Black Haw
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
VIBURNUM PRUNIFOLIUM GLUCOSIDE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIBURNUM PRUNIFOLIUM POLYENE 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VOLATILE ORGANIC ACIDS 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VOLATILE ORGANIC ACIDS 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiophthalmic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiotitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant 12 Huang, M-T., and Ferraro, T. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Cancer Prevention. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.2 p.21.
Antioxidant Synergist 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiperiodic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 4 Planta Medica, 57: A110, 1991.
AntiPGE2 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipodagric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 5 Duke, 1992 *