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Arbor-Vitae
Thuja occidentalis
Arbor-Vitae · Northern White-Cedar · Abendländische Thuja · Abendländischer Lebensbaum · Almindelig thuja · American Arbor-Vitae · American Arbor-vitae · American arborvitae · Amerikanischer Lebensbaum · Ameriški klek · Arbor-vitae · Arborvitae · Batı Mazısı · Cèdre blanc du Canada · Doftkörvel · Eastern Arbor-vitae
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, Iraq, US(Appalachia), US, Kurdistan, US(Penobscot), Cuba, West Germany(Badan)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abortifacient, Alterative, Antiseptic, Astringent
Science studied: ACETIC-ACID, (+)-CATECHIN, ALPHA-EUDESMOL, BETA-EUDESMOL
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Cupressaceae
Scientific name: Thuja occidentalis
Common names: Arbor-Vitae, Northern White-Cedar, Abendländische Thuja, Abendländischer Lebensbaum, Almindelig thuja, American Arbor-Vitae, American Arbor-vitae, American arborvitae, Amerikanischer Lebensbaum, Ameriški klek, Arbor-vitae, Arborvitae, Batı Mazısı, Cèdre blanc du Canada, Doftkörvel, Eastern Arbor-vitae
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, Turkey, Iraq, US(Appalachia), US, Kurdistan, US(Penobscot), Cuba and 4 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abortifacient
- Alterative
- Antiseptic
- Astringent
- Bactericide
- Cardiotonic
- Catarrh
- Condyloma
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- Cough
- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Dropsy
- Emmenagogue
- Fatality
- Fever
- Gout
- Insecticide
- Malaria
- Perfume
- Poison
- Rheumatism
- Scurvy
- Skin
- Soap
- Stimulant
- Styptic
- Sudorific
- Uterotonic
- Wart
- Excrescence
- Faver
- Hair-Oil
- Vermifuge
- Arthritis
- Expectorant
- Tumor
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
- Turkey
- Iraq
- US(Appalachia)
- US
- Kurdistan
- US(Penobscot)
- Cuba
- West Germany(Badan)
- USSR
- Hungary
- China
Documented cultural uses
- Abortifacient
- Alterative
- Antiseptic
- Astringent
- Bactericide
- Cardiotonic
- Catarrh
- Condyloma
- Cough
- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Dropsy
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- Emmenagogue
- Fatality
- Fever
- Gout
- Insecticide
- Malaria
- Perfume
- Poison
- Rheumatism
- Scurvy
- Skin
- Soap
- Stimulant
- Styptic
- Sudorific
- Uterotonic
- Wart
- Excrescence
- Faver
- Hair-Oil
- Vermifuge
- Arthritis
- Expectorant
- Tumor
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETIC-ACID
- (+)-CATECHIN
- ALPHA-EUDESMOL
- BETA-EUDESMOL
- L-ALPHA-FENCHENE
- L-FENCHONE
- ISOTHUJONE
- JUNIPERIC-ACID
- L-LEUKANTHELMITOL
- MUCILAGE
- MYO-INOSITOL
- MYRICETIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE
- OCCIDENTALOL
- OCCIDION
- OLEIC-ACID
- PENTAHYDROXYFLAVONE-3'-BETA-GLYCOSIDE
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- PINITOL
- PINOPICRIN
- QUERCITRIN
- QUINOVIGEC-ACID
- RESIN
- RHODOXANTHIN
- SABINENE
- SEQUOYITOL
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- TERPINEOL
- THAPSIC-ACID
- L-ALPHA-THUJENE
- D-ALPHA-THUJONE
- VALERIANIC-ACID
- D-CHIRO-INOSITOL
- GAMMA-EUDESMOL
- FORMIC-ACID
- ISOVALERIC-ACID
- MYRICETIN-3-GLYCOSIDE
- BETA-THUJAPLICIN
- BORNYL-ACETATE
- EO
- FAT
- KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOSIDE
- 10-NONACOSANOL
- OCCIDOL
- D-ALPHA-PINENE
- PINOTANNIC-ACID
- RESINIC-ACID
- SABINIC-ACID
- TANNIN
- ALPHA-THUJAPLICIN
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- CAMPHENE
- CAMPHOR
- INOSITOL
- LIMONENE
- (-)-BORNEOL
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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