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

 Cornus officinalis (Cornaceae)

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Common name(s)
Chinese Dogwood
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
2 ARSENIC Fruit -- 0.7 0.30 *
28 CALCIUM Fruit -- 3250.0 -0.14 *
12 COPPER Fruit 5.0 6.0 -0.53 *
0 CORNIN Fruit -- -- -- *
0 CORNUS-TANNIN-2 Fruit -- -- -- *
0 CORNUS-TANNIN-3 Fruit -- -- -- *
0 CORNUS-TANNIN-I Fruit -- -- -- *
62 GALLIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
6 IRON Fruit -- 90.0 -0.17 *
2 ISOTERCHEBIN Fruit -- -- -- *
4 LOGANIN Fruit -- -- -- *
65 MAGNESIUM Fruit -- 830.0 -0.60 *
15 MALIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
14 MANGANESE Fruit -- 11.0 -0.33 *
0 MORRONISIDE Fruit -- -- -- *
64 OLEANOLIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
14 POTASSIUM Fruit -- 19500.0 0.14 *
1 SODIUM Fruit -- 138.0 -0.17 *
9 SWEROSIDE Fruit -- -- -- *
6 TARTARIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
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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.