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Plant Zanthoxylum americanum (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Northern Prickly Ash
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-LAURIFOLINE 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LAURIFOLINE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-(3,3-DIMETHYLALLYL)ALLOXANTHOXYLETIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-(3,3-DIMETHYLALLYL)ALLOXANTHOXYLETIN 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALLOXANTHOXYLETIN 0 Bark not available not available not available 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.
ALLOXANTHOXYLETIN 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLOXANTHOXYLETIN 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 130 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FAGARINE 0 Bark not available not available not available 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.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CANDICINE 4 Bark not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CANDICINE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CANDICINE 4 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CANDICINE 4 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE 33 Bark not available not available not available 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.
CHELERYTHRINE 33 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CNIDILIN 0 Fruit 3.0 12.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-FAGARINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-FAGARINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HERCLAVINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Abortifacient 2 Duke, 1992 *
Adrenolytic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Adrenostimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Amebicide 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Analgesic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadrenergic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 1 Martindale's 28th