botanical record · discovered
Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
Bracken · Bracken Fern · Adain-Redynen Eryraidd · Adainredyn Cyffredin · Adelaarsvaren · Adlerfarn · Bracken / Fern · Brackenfern · Brake
At a glance
Origin / distribution: US, US(Amerindian), China, Canada(Salish), Europe, Spain
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Bactericide, Breast, Carcinogenic, Cyanogenetic
Science studied: ACETYLPTEROSINS, ARABINOSE, ASH, BENZOIC-ACID
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Scientific name: Pteridium aquilinum
Common names: Bracken, Bracken Fern, Adain-Redynen Eryraidd, Adainredyn Cyffredin, Adelaarsvaren, Adlerfarn, Bracken / Fern, Brackenfern, Brake
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, US, US(Amerindian), China, Canada(Salish), Europe, Spain.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Bactericide
- Breast
- Carcinogenic
- Cyanogenetic
- Diuretic
- Fever
- Mutagenic
- Poison
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- Puberty
- Sclerosis(Spleen)
- Sedative
- Sialogogue
- Stomach
- Taenifuge
- Vermifuge
- Wound
- Diarrhea
- Gastritis
- Medicine
- Spasm
- Tonic
- Astringent
- Hypertension
- Inflammation
- Intestine
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
- US
- US(Amerindian)
- China
- Canada(Salish)
- Europe
- Spain
Documented cultural uses
- Bactericide
- Breast
- Carcinogenic
- Cyanogenetic
- Diuretic
- Fever
- Mutagenic
- Poison
- Puberty
- Sclerosis(Spleen)
- Sedative
- Sialogogue
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- Stomach
- Taenifuge
- Vermifuge
- Wound
- Diarrhea
- Gastritis
- Medicine
- Spasm
- Tonic
- Astringent
- Hypertension
- Inflammation
- Intestine
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETYLPTEROSINS
- ARABINOSE
- ASH
- BENZOIC-ACID
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- 5-O-CAFFEOYLSHIKIMIC-ACID
- D-CAFFEYL-TARTARIC-ACID
- CARBOHYDRATES
- BETA-CAROTENE
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- CATECHOL-TANNIN
- CICHORIC-ACID
- ALPHA-ECDYSONE
- FAT
- FIBER
- FUMARIC-ACID
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- GALACTURONIC-ACID
- GLUCOSE
- HCN
- 20-HYDROXYECDYSONE
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE
- MANNOSE
- PHENYLALANINE-AMMONIA-LYASE
- PONASTEROSIDE-A
- PROCYANIDIN
- PROTEIN
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- PTERAQUILIN
- PTERIDINE
- PETROSIDE-A
- QUERCETIN
- RHAMNOSE
- SHIKIMIC-ACID
- SUCCINIC-ACID
- SUGARS
- TANNIN
- THIAMINASE-I
- TILIROSIDE
- VANILLIC-ACID
- WATER
- XYLOSE
- ANEURINASE
- IODINE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE
- PHENYLACETYLPTEROSINS
- PTAQUILOSIDE
- PTEROLACTAM
- PTEROSINS
- AQUILIDE-A
- BENZOYLPTEROSINS
- CAOUTCHOUC
- CINNAMIC-ACID
- EO
- FERULIC-ACID
- FUCOSE
- GALACTOSE
- GLUCURONIC-ACID
- ISOCROTONYLPTEROSINS
- PALMITYLPTEROSINS
- PRODELPHINIDIN
- PTEROSIDE-A
- PTEROSIDES
- RUTIN
- STARCH
- SULPHOQUINOVOSE
- 2,4,6-TRIMETHYL-3-OXO-5-INDANACETIC-ACID
- PRUNASIN
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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