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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Vitex agnus-castus (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Chaste-Tree
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf 1.4 -0.60 Ekundayo, O., Laakso, I., Holopainen, M., Hiltunen, R., Oguntimein, B., and Kauppinen, V. 1990. The Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Leaf Oil of Vitex agnus-castus L. J. Essential Oil Research, 2: 115-119.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 7900.0 -0.96 Jim Duke's personal files.
ANDROSTENEDIONE 1 Leaf *
APIGENIN-3,8-DI-C-GLYCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
ARTEMETIN 7 Plant *
ARTEMETIN 7 Root Bark *
ASCARIDOLE 15 Leaf 0.5 -1.38 Ekundayo, O., Laakso, I., Holopainen, M., Hiltunen, R., Oguntimein, B., and Kauppinen, V. 1990. The Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Leaf Oil of Vitex agnus-castus L. J. Essential Oil Research, 2: 115-119.
AUCUBIN 20 Fruit *
AUCUBIN 20 Leaf 3000.0 4000.0 -0.17 *
AUCUBIN 20 Shoot *
AUCUBIN 20 Wood Jim Duke's personal files.
AUCUBOSIDE 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
AUCUBOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Leaf 0.2 -0.57 Ekundayo, O., Laakso, I., Holopainen, M., Hiltunen, R., Oguntimein, B., and Kauppinen, V. 1990. The Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Leaf Oil of Vitex agnus-castus L. J. Essential Oil Research, 2: 115-119.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf 2.0 -0.33 Ekundayo, O., Laakso, I., Holopainen, M., Hiltunen, R., Oguntimein, B., and Kauppinen, V. 1990. The Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Leaf Oil of Vitex agnus-castus L. J. Essential Oil Research, 2: 115-119.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 63800.0 -0.03 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf 1.4 -0.46 Ekundayo, O., Laakso, I., Holopainen, M., Hiltunen, R., Oguntimein, B., and Kauppinen, V. 1990. The Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Leaf Oil of Vitex agnus-castus L. J. Essential Oil Research, 2: 115-119.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiadenomic 1 *
Antiaflatoxin 1 *
Antiaggregant 2 *
Antiallergic 5 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic 1 *
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 1 *
Antianemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiangiogenic 1 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 *
Antiarthritic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiasthmatic 2 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis., 4:203, 1982.
Antiatherogenic 1 *
Antibacillary 1 *
Antibacterial 20 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibradiquinic 1 Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990.
Antibronchitic 1 *
Anticancer 4 *