Plant Vitex agnus-castus (Lamiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chaste-Tree

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
LEDOL	0	Leaf	not available	0.5	-0.94	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.
LEDOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	5800.0	1.00	Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONENE	60	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONENE	60	Fruit	590.0	4000.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	1036500.0	1.41	Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONENE	60	Leaf	not available	6.0	-0.44	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.
LIMONENE	60	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	112100.0	-0.18	Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOL	0	Leaf	0.5	16.0	-0.43	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.
LINALOOL	53	Leaf	not available	0.5	-0.65	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.
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-6-C-(2''-O-TRANS-CAFFEOYLGLUCOSIDE)	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-6-C-(4''-METHYL-6''-O-TRANS-CAFFEOYLGLUCOSIDE)	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-6-C-(6''-O-TRANS-CAFFEOYLGLUCOSIDE)	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE	7	Leaf	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.
LUTEOLIN-7-O-(6''-P-BENZOYLGLUCOSIDE)	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANOOL	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANOOL	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANOOL	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZOATE	1	Plant	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
Immunomodulator	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory	1	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insect-Repellent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	5	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	14	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile	1	J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant	11	Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lactagogue	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Larvicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative	3	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.
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.