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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Zanthoxylum americanum (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Northern Prickly Ash
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
(+)-LAURIFOLINE 0 Root Bark *
(+)-LAURIFOLINE 0 Stem Bark *
8-(3,3-DIMETHYLALLYL)ALLOXANTHOXYLETIN 0 Plant *
8-(3,3-DIMETHYLALLYL)ALLOXANTHOXYLETIN 0 Root Bark Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALLOXANTHOXYLETIN 0 Bark 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 *
ALLOXANTHOXYLETIN 0 Stem Bark *
BERBERINE 130 Plant *
BETA-FAGARINE 0 Bark 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 *
CANDICINE 4 Bark Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CANDICINE 4 Plant *
CANDICINE 4 Root Bark *
CANDICINE 4 Stem Bark *
CHELERYTHRINE 33 Bark 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 *
CNIDILIN 0 Fruit 3.0 12.5 *
GAMMA-FAGARINE 0 Leaf *
GAMMA-FAGARINE 0 Plant *
HERCLAVINE 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitussive 1 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.
Antiulcer 2 *
Antivaginitic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiviral 5 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antivitiligic 2 *
Apoptotic 1 *
Artemicide 4 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Astringent 1 *
Bacteriophagicide 1 de Vries, D. J. and Blumberg, P. M., Thermoregulatory effects of resiniferatoxin in the mouse: comparison with capsaicin, Life Sciences, 44, 1989, 711-715.
Bilirubinolytic 1 *
Bufocide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 5 *
Cancer-Preventive 5 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 4 *
Carcinogenic 1 *
Cardiodepressant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cardiotonic 1 *
Carminative 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.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Chelator 1 *