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

 Aristolochia debilis (Aristolochiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Chinese Birthwort
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 1(10)-ARISTOLEN-15-AL Plant -- -- -- *
0 1(10)-ARISTOLONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 3-OXOISHWARANE Plant -- -- -- *
0 7-HYDROXYARISTOLOCHIC-ACID-A Plant -- -- -- *
0 7-METHOXYARISTOLOCHIC-ACID-A Plant -- -- -- *
12 ALLANTOIN Root -- -- -- *
0 ARISTOCHINIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
0 ARISTOIC-ACID Root -- -- -- *
0 ARISTOLOCHIALACTAM Root -- -- -- *
33 ARISTOLOCHIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
33 ARISTOLOCHIC-ACID Root -- -- -- *
3 ARISTOLOCHINE Plant -- -- -- *
0 ARISTOLONE Root -- -- -- *
2 ARSENIC Fruit -- 0.2 -0.27 *
28 CALCIUM Fruit -- 1740.0 -0.49 *
12 COPPER Fruit -- 14.0 0.09 *
0 CYCLANOLINE Root -- -- -- *
0 DEBILONE Plant -- -- -- *
6 IRON Fruit -- 190.0 0.23 *
65 MAGNESIUM Fruit -- 1880.0 -0.12 *
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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.