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Common Names
Chaste-Tree
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASTICIN | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CASTICIN | 6 | Seed | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CASTICIN | 6 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CASTICINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CASTINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOPHANOL-D | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| CHRYSOSPLENOL | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOSPLENOL-D | 9 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINEOL | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CINEOLE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Leaf | not available | 0.5 | -0.47 | 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. |
| CUMINIC-ALDEHYDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 0.2 | not available | 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. |
| DELTA-3-KETOSTEROIDS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-TERPINEOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DITERPENES | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Flower | 3000.0 | 7600.0 | -0.17 | 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. |
| EO | 0 | Fruit | 4000.0 | 12000.0 | -0.59 | 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. |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | not available | 230.0 | -0.99 | 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. |
| EPITESTOSTERONE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPITESTOSTERONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antilaryngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukemic | 5 | Life Sciences 55: 1061. |
| Antileukotriene-D4 | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilithic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilithic? | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antilymphocytic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antilymphomic | 3 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |
| Antimalarial | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimange | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimelanomic | 1 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |
| Antimenorrhagic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimite | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMS | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antineuralgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinitrosaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinociceptive | 3 | Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. |
| Antiobesity | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiosteoporotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |