Larrea tridentata (Sessé.&Moc. ex DC.)Coville. |
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Botanical Name |
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Larrea tridentata (Sessé.&Moc. ex DC.)Coville. |
English
Name |
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Chapparal, Creosote Bush |
Synonym(s) |
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Larrea divaricata Cav. Larrea mexicana Moric. |
Family |
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Zygophyllaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A clonal shrub that grows 1-2 or 3 m high. Leaves distinctive bifolate wing, tiny; usually yellow-green, darker and aromatic after rainfall. Flowers yellow, solitary, small, numerous; bloom mainly in spring, sporadically throughout the year. Fruit pea-sized capsule, fuzzy ball, persistent. |
| Herb Effects |
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Analgesic, antidiarrheal , diuretic, and emetic |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, limonene, (essential oil); arginine, ascorbic acid, aspartic acid, beta-carotene, borneol, camphene, camphor, cystine, glutamic acid, glycine, gossypetin, niacin, phenylalanine, riboflavin, ternatin, thiamin, tyrosine, valine (plant) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| alpha-Pinene |
80-56-8 |
2,7,7-trimethylbicyc
lo[3.1.1]hept-2-ene |
C10H16 |
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| beta-Pinene |
23089-32-9 |
6,6-dimethyl-2-methy
lidene-norpinane |
C10H16 |
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| Limonene |
9003-73-0 |
1-methyl-4-prop-1-en
-2-yl-cyclohexene |
C10H16 |
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| Arginine |
7004-12-8 |
2-amino-5-guanidino-
pentanoic acid |
C6H14N4O2 |
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| Ascorbic Acid |
Not Available |
2-(1,2-dihydroxyethy
l)-4,5-dihydroxy-fur
an-3-one |
C6H8O6 |
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| Aspartic acid |
6899-03-2 |
2-aminobutanedioic
acid |
C4H7NO4 |
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| Beta Carotene |
7235-40-7 |
3,7,12,16-tetramethy
l-1,18-bis(2,6,6-tri
methyl-1-cyclohexeny
l)-octadec
a-1,3,5,
7,9,11,13,15,17-nona
ene |
C40H56 |
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| Borneol |
10385-78-1 |
1,7,7-trimethylnorbo
rnan-2-ol |
C10H18O |
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| Camphene |
5794-04-7 |
2,2-dimethyl-3-methy
lidene-norbornane |
C10H16 |
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| Camphor |
8022-77-3 |
1,7,7-trimethylnorbo
rnan-2-one |
C10H16O |
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| Cystine |
24645-67-8 |
2-amino-3-(2-amino-2
-carboxy-ethyl)disul
fanyl-propanoic acid |
C6H12N2O4S2 |
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| Glutamic acid |
Not Available |
2-aminopentanedioic
acid |
C5H9NO4 |
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| Glycine |
87867-94-5 |
2-aminoacetic acid |
C2H5NO2 |
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| Gossypetin |
489-35-0 |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,5,7,8-tetrahyd
roxy-chromen-4-one |
C15H10O8 |
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| Niacin |
99148-57-9 |
pyridine-3-carboxyli
c acid |
C6H5NO2 |
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| Phenylalanine |
3617-44-5 |
2-amino-3-phenyl-pro
panoic acid |
C9H11NO2 |
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| Riboflavin |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C17H21N4O9P |
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| Ternatin |
Not Available |
(3S,6S,9S,12S,15R,18
R,21R)-15-[(2R)-buta
n-2-yl]-18-[(1R)-1-h
ydroxy-2-m
ethyl-pr
opyl]-1,3,4,10,12,13
,21-heptamethyl-6,9-
bis(2-methylpropyl)-
1,
4,7,10,13,16,19-
heptazacyclohenicosa
ne-2,5,8,11,14,17,20
-heptone |
C37H67N7O8 |
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| Thiamin |
59-43-8 |
2-[3-[(4-amino-2-met
hyl-pyrimidin-5-yl)m
ethyl]-4-methyl-1-th
ia-3-azoni
acyclope
nta-2,4-dien-5-yl]et
hanol |
C12H17N4OS+ |
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| Tyrosine |
556-02-5 |
2-amino-3-(4-hydroxy
phenyl)-propanoic
acid |
C9H11NO3 |
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| Valine |
7004-03-7 |
2-amino-3-methyl-but
anoic acid |
C5H11NO2 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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For fever, influenza, colds, upset stomach, gas gout, arthritis, sinusitis, anemia, fungus infections, in the treatment of allergies, autoimmunity diseases, and Premenstrual Syndrome. To treat diarrhoea and stomach troubles (leaf decoction) |
| Reference |
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 Gnabre JN. Brady JN. Clanton DJ. Ito Y. Dittmer J. Bates RB. Huang RC. Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transcription and replication by DNA sequence-selective plant lignans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A1995 Nov 21;92(24):11239-43.
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