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Plant Polystichum polyblepharum (Dryopteridaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Polystichum
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ARSENIC 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM 0 Plant 22.0 90.0 1.74 Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE 0 Plant 2.0 10.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 6000.0 6900.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Plant 3000.0 4700.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Plant 4.0 20.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Plant not available 10.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Plant 500.0 1900.0 1.50 Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Plant 37.0 62.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant not available 900.0 -1.29 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 12000.0 20000.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Plant 10.0 13.0 -0.90 Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM 0 Plant 20.0 60.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Plant 1700.0 2100.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Plant 50.0 121.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Plant 34.0 60.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne 3 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaging 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 2 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th