Listed below are some of the plants in the CEBTech Services Herbarium that have been shown by previous investigators to produce biochemicals that could be of industrial or medical importance.
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| Scientific Name | Common Name | |
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow, Azulene |
Proazulene, L-viburnitol, azulene, used as a wound medicine, used to treat burns, ulcers, mild tranquilizer, effective local anesthetic |
| Alisma subcordatum | Water-Plantain |
As of yet undetermined biochemicals |
| Amaranthus retroflexus | Pigweed, Red Root, Green Amaranth |
Betacyanins, multiple medicinal uses |
| Amorpha canescens | Lead-Plant |
Pinitol |
| Anemone canadensis | Windflower, Anemone |
Protanemonin, anemonin, acts as sedative, lowers blood pressure, stimulates gallbladder, relaxes smooth muscle of gut, allays pain, lowers fever, very effective in treating amoebic dysentery, multiple medicinal uses |
| Apocynum sibiricum | Spreading Dogbain, Indian Hemp |
Cardiac glycosides, cymarine, strophanthidin, adonitoxin, multiple medicinal uses |
| Arabis hirsuta | Rock Cress |
Thioglucosides |
| Arenaria lateriflora | Sandwort |
Pinitol |
| Arisaema triphyllum | Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Indian turnip |
Multiple medicinal uses |
| Asarum canadensis | Wild Ginger |
Genus has antifungal properties, multiple medicinal uses |
| Asclepias syriaca | Milkweed |
Palmitoleic acid, cis-vaccenic acid in seeds, linoleic acid in seeds, nicotine, Kapok replacement, latex, rubber substitute |
| Aster alpigenous | Alpine Aster |
Acetylenic alcohols (with 10 carbons) |
| Athyrium filix-femia | Lady Fern |
p-aspidin, albaspidin, margaspidin, methylenebisaspidinol, desaspiden |
| Bidens coronata | Begger Ticks |
Acetylenic hydrocarbons, alcohols, thiophenes (12-13 carbons), 5-methyl-5'-butadienyl-2,2'-dithienyl |
| Capsella bursa-pastoris | Shepard's Purse |
S-methyl-L-cysteine, antitumor activity, anti-inflammatory, prevent duodenal ulcer, inhibit some bacteria, hemostatic properties |
| Caragana arborescens | Caragana |
Dimethylhomopterocarpin, (-)-maackiain, (-)-variabilin, (+)-pisatin |
| Convolvulus arvensis | Bindweed |
The aglycone; scopoletin, chrysatropic acid, gelseminic acid |
| Corydalis aurea | Corydalis |
Corypalline, protopine, stylopine, tetrahydropalmatin, multiple medicinal uses |
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