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

 Rubia cordifolia (Rubiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Madder
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 1,3-DIMETHOXY-2-CARBOXYANTHRAQUINONE Root -- -- -- *
0 1,4-DIHYDROXY-2-CARBOETHOXYANTHRAQUINONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 1,4-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYL-5-METHOXYANTHRAQUINONE Root -- -- -- *
2 1,4-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE Root -- -- -- *
0 1,5-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE Root -- -- -- *
0 1-ACETOXY-6-HYDROXY-2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE-3-O-ALPHA-RHAMNOSYL... Plant -- -- -- *
0 1-HYDROXY-2-CARBOXY-3-METHOXYANTHRAQUINONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 1-HYDROXY-2-METHOXYANTHRAQUINONE Root -- -- -- *
0 1-HYDROXY-2-METHYL-6-METHOXYANTHRAQUINONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 1-HYDROXY-2-METHYL-7-METHOXYANTHRAQUINONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 1-HYDROXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 5,8-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE Root -- -- -- *
11 ALIZARIN Root -- -- -- *
6 ANTHRAQUINONES Root -- -- -- *
2 ARSENIC Root -- 1.1 -0.16 *
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Plant -- -- -- *
28 CALCIUM Root -- 37800.0 3.33 *
12 COPPER Root -- 15.0 0.36 *
0 HEXAPEPTIDES Plant -- -- -- *
6 IRON Root -- 720.0 0.60 *
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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.