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

 Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alismataceae)

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Common name(s)
Mud Plantain, Tse-Hsieh, Water Plantain, Ze-Xie
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 16-BETA-HYDROXYALISOL-B-MONOACETATE Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 16-BETA-METHOXYALISOL-B-MONOACETATE Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 ACETYLALISOLS Plant -- -- -- *
0 ACETYLVALINE Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 ADENOSINE-5'-PHOSPHOSULFATE-SULFOTRANSFERASE Plant -- -- -- *
2 ALISMOL Plant -- -- -- *
0 ALISMOXIDE Plant -- -- -- *
2 ALISOL-A Rhizome -- -- -- *
5 ALISOL-A-MONOACETATE Plant -- -- -- *
3 ALISOL-B Rhizome -- -- -- *
2 ALISOL-B-MONOACETATE Plant -- -- -- *
0 ALISOL-C Rhizome -- -- -- *
1 ALISOL-C-MONOACETATE Plant -- -- -- *
0 ARABINOSE Plant -- -- -- *
2 ARSENIC Rhizome -- 0.1 -0.48 *
2 ASPARAGINE Plant -- -- -- *
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Rhizome -- -- -- *
28 CALCIUM Rhizome 1630.0 3430.0 -0.76 *
20 CHOLINE Rhizome -- -- -- *
7 CHRYSOERIOL Plant -- -- -- *
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*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.