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Plant Acorus calamus (Acoraceae)
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Common name(s)
Calamus, Flagroot, Myrtle Flag, Sweet Calamus, Sweetflag, Sweetroot
How used
Medicinal
Data Views
Activities:
486
All Chemicals:
148
| # Activity | Chemical Name | Part | Low PPM | High PPM | StdDev | *Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | (+)-CALAMUSENONE | Plant | -- | -- | -- | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 0 | (-)-BETA-CURCUMENE | Plant | -- | -- | -- | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 0 | (-)-TROPONE | Plant | -- | -- | -- | * |
| 67 | 1,8-CINEOLE | Rhizome | 0.0 | 100.0 | -0.80 | * |
| 0 | 2,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZALDEHYDE | Plant | -- | -- | -- | * |
| 0 | 2,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZALDEHYDE | Rhizome | -- | -- | -- | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| 0 | 2,5-DIMETHOXYBENZOQUINONE | Rhizome | -- | -- | -- | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| 0 | 2,5-DIMETHOXYQUINONE | Rhizome | -- | -- | -- | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| 0 | 2,6-DIEPISHYOBUNONE | Rhizome | -- | -- | -- | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| 0 | ACETEUGENOL | Rhizome | -- | -- | -- | * |
| 0 | ACOLAMONE | Plant | -- | -- | -- | * |
| 0 | ACOLAMONE | Rhizome | -- | -- | -- | * |
| 0 | ACORADIN | Rhizome | -- | -- | -- | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| 0 | ACORAGERMACRONE | Plant | -- | -- | -- | * |
| 0 | ACORAMONE | Rhizome | -- | -- | -- | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| 0 | ACORENOL | Plant | -- | -- | -- | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 0 | ACORENONE | Rhizome | -- | -- | -- | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 9 | ACORIC-ACID | Plant | -- | -- | -- | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 0 | ACORIN | Plant | -- | 2000.0 | -- | * |
| 0 | ACORINE | Plant | -- | -- | -- | * |
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.