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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antioxidant | 15 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antiperiodontic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperoxidant | 2 | Planta Medica, 57: A110, 1991. |
| Antipharyngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiplaque | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiplasmodial | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipolio | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197. |
| Antiprolactin | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipruritic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiradicular | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirheumatic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirhinoviral | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197. |
| Antiseptic | 13 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiserotonin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiserotoninic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |