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 | |
| Impatiens biflora | Touch-Me-Not, Jewel Weed |
Seeds with linoleic, oleic, linolenic or conjugated polythenoid acids in Impatiens balsamina; anthocyanins |
| Kochia scoparia | Kochia Weed |
Linolenic acid rich seed fats |
| Leonurus cardiaca | Mother Wort |
Used for menstrual disorders, vaginitis, anti-epileptic effects, as sedative, cardiotonic effects, a treatment for atherosclerosis, antispasmodic, immunostimulant, diuretic, antioxidant, hypotensive |
| Lilium philadelphicum | Wood Lily |
Produce 3-Rutinoside, melin,phytomelin, eldrin, ilixathin, rutin; also a capillary protectant |
| Lonicera tatarica | Tatarian Honeysuckle |
Seed fats with palmitic, oleic, and linoleic acids |
| Lotus corniculatus | Bird's Foot Trefoil |
Stativin production |
| Lupinus lepidus | Lupine |
Lupinine, sparteine, matrine |
| Malva rotundifolia | Mallow |
Malvic acid, sterculic acid |
| Medicago sativa | Alfalfa |
High in vitamins A, D, and K, has been used to encourage blood clotting, lowers cholesterol and produces coumestrol |
| Melilotus alba | White Sweet Clover |
Coumarinic and melilotic acid |
| Mentha arvensis | Mint |
Terpenes, piperitenol, piperitenone, carvone, pipertone, piperitol, pulegol, pulegone, menthofuran, menthol, multiple medicinal uses |
| Nepeta cataria | Catnip |
Linolenic rich seed fats, treats infantile colic, induces sweating for colds, used as a stimulant, treats iron deficency, is a mild tranquilizer, Catnip contains nepetalacetone, a sedative and analgesic compound whose action involves opioid receptors |
| Onothera serrulata | Octadeca-6,9,12-trienoic acid, 3-glucoside, Oenothera biennis has multiple medicinal uses |
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| Physocarpus opulifolius | Ninebark |
D-Sorbitol, Physocarpus capitatus has multiple medicinal uses |
| Plantago rugelii | Plantain |
Aucubin, rhinanthin, aucuboside, multiple medicinal uses |
| Polemonium viscosum | Sky Pilot, Skunkweed, Jacobs-ladder |
Polygalitol |
| Psoralea argophylla | (-)-Glyceollin |
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| Quercus margretta | Ashe's Oak |
Quercitol |
| Ranunculus rhomboideus | Buttercup |
Anemonol, anemoninic acid, protoanemonin - an effective antifungal agent, inhibits RNA and DNA synthesis in HL-50 promyelocytic leukemia cells, multiple medicinal uses |
| Rosa suffulta | Wild Rose |
3,5-Diglucoside and 3-glucoside, quercetin, multiple medicinal uses |
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