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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Houttuynia cordata (Saururaceae)

Common Names
Fishwort, Dokudami, Yu Xing Cao
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil *
(+)-SESAMIN 0 Shoot *
1,3,5-TRIDECANOYLBENZENE 0 Shoot *
1,4-DIHYDROPYRIDINE 0 Shoot *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Essential Oil *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant *
1-DECANOL 1 Plant *
1-DODECANOL 0 Plant *
1-NONANOL 0 Plant *
2-NONYL-5-DECANOYLPYRIDINE 0 Shoot 18.6 *
3,5-DIDECANOYLPYRIDINE 0 Shoot 2.6 *
3-KETODECANAL 0 Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Plant *
AFZELIN 1 Leaf *
AFZELIN 1 Root *
AFZELIN 1 Shoot 80000.0 1.00 Fuse, J., Kanomori, H., Sakamoto, I., Yahara, S. 1994. Studies on Flavonol Gylcosides in Houttuynia cordata. Nat. Med., 48(4): 307-311.
AFZERIN 0 Shoot Fuse, J., Kanomori, H., Sakamoto, I., Yahara, S. 1994. Studies on Flavonol Gylcosides in Houttuynia cordata. Nat. Med., 48(4): 307-311.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot Essent. Oil *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 2 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acaricide 4 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Addictive 1 (View) Science News, 145: 294.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 10 (View) *
Allelochemic 6 (View) *
Allelopathic 2 (View) *
Allergenic 14 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 10 (View) *
Ancylostomicide 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *