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Common Names
Chaste-Tree
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METHYL-4-HYDROXYBENZOATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUSSAENOSIDIC-ACID | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf | not available | 3.0 | -0.17 | 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. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 18000.0 | -0.30 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MYZODENDRONE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ORIENTIN | 4 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ORIENTIN | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ORIENTIN | 4 | Shoot | not available | 70.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ORTHOCYMOL | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ORTHOCYMOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ORTHOCYNOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMEN-8-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | 0.5 | -0.83 | 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. |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Leaf | not available | 10.0 | -0.39 | 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. |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 14400.0 | -0.56 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| P-CYMOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| P-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifatigue | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifeedant | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifertility | 1 | Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibrositic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiflatulent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglutamaergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihalitosic | 1 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |
| Antihelicobacter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemophilic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiherpetic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 6 | 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. |
| AntiHIV | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypogonadic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiimplantation | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinflammatory | 18 | Duke, 1992 * |