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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Decongestant | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Degranulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Deliriant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Dentifrice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic? | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dye | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ecbolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Edemagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Enterocontractant | 2 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Epileptigenic | 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. |
| Estrogenic | 2 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Expectorant | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLavor | 12 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 13 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |