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Plant Polygonum multiflorum (Polygonaceae)

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Common name(s)
Chinese Cornbind, Chinese Knotweed, Fleeceflower, Fo Ti, He Shou Wu
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 2,3,5,4'-TETRAHYDROXYSTILBENE-2-O-GLUCOSIDE Root -- -- -- *
0 2,3,5,4'-TETRAHYDROXYSTILBENE-2-O-GLUCOSIDE Plant -- 12000.0 -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
0 2-3-4'-5-TETRAHYDROXYSTILBENE Plant -- -- -- *
0 2-ACETYL-EMODIN Tuber -- -- -- *
0 3,3'-DI-O-GALLOYLPROCYANIDIN-B-2 Root -- -- -- Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
0 3-O-GALLOYL-L-CATECHIN Root -- -- -- Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
0 3-O-GALLOYL-L-EPICATECHIN Root -- -- -- Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
0 3-O-GALLOYL-PROCYANIDIN-B-1 Root -- -- -- Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
0 6-ACETYL-2-METHOXY-7-METHYL-JUGLONE Tuber -- -- -- *
5 ALUMINUM Root -- 152.0 -0.23 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
6 ANTHRAQUINONES Root -- 11000.0 -0.81 *
2 ARSENIC Rhizome -- 0.1 -0.37 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Root -- -- -- Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
0 ASH Root -- 70000.0 0.07 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
53 BETA-CAROTENE Root -- 2.4 -0.42 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Shoot -- -- -- *
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Rhizome -- -- -- *
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Root -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
0 BISADE Plant -- -- -- *
28 CALCIUM Plant -- 2225.0 -1.22 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
*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.