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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
LEDOL 0 Leaf 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 5800.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONENE 60 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONENE 60 Fruit 590.0 4000.0 -0.18 *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit Essent. Oil 1036500.0 1.41 Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 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 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 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 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Root Bark *
LUTEOLIN-6-C-(2''-O-TRANS-CAFFEOYLGLUCOSIDE) 0 Root Bark *
LUTEOLIN-6-C-(4''-METHYL-6''-O-TRANS-CAFFEOYLGLUCOSIDE) 0 Root Bark *
LUTEOLIN-6-C-(6''-O-TRANS-CAFFEOYLGLUCOSIDE) 0 Root Bark *
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 7 Leaf 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 *
MANOOL 2 Flower *
MANOOL 2 Fruit *
MANOOL 2 Leaf *
METHYL-3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZOATE 1 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Carminative 3 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Cathartic 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Chemopreventive 3 *
Choleretic 4 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cicatrizant 1 *
CNS-Depressant 1 *
CNS-Stimulant 2 *
Coleoptophile 1 *
Collagenic 1 *
Comedolytic 1 *
Convulsant 3 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Copper-Chelator 1 *
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 2 Martindale's 28th
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Culicide 1 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 *
Cytotoxic 5 Arisawa, M., Hayashi, T., Shimizu, M., Morita, N., Bai, H., Kuze, S., and Ito, Y. Isolation And Cytotoxicity Of Two New Flavonoids From Chrysosplenium grayanum And Related Flavonols. J. Natural Products, 54(3): 898-901, 1991.