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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Viscum album (Viscaceae)

Common Names
European Mistletoe

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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
4,5-DIHYDROXY-3,7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 3 Twig *
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Plant *
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Leaf *
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 283.0 -0.48 *
ARGININE 14 Juice *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 7500.0 0.18 *
ASH 0 Leaf 54000.0 -1.14 *
ASORBIC-ACID 0 Leaf 750.0 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Juice *
AVICULARIN 7 Twig *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf *
BETULIN 13 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Shoot 5.4 -0.28 Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 8910.0 -0.65 *
CERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 19.0 0.98 *
COBALT 2 Leaf 92.0 0.25 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adaptogenic 1 (View) *
Adrenergic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allergenic 5 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analeptic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 7 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Anthelmintic 2 (View) ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiacne 5 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th