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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Acorus calamus (Acoraceae)

Common Names
Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CALAMUSENONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(-)-BETA-CURCUMENE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(-)-TROPONE 0 Plant *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Rhizome 0.0 100.0 -0.80 *
2,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZALDEHYDE 0 Plant *
2,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZALDEHYDE 0 Rhizome Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
2,5-DIMETHOXYBENZOQUINONE 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
2,5-DIMETHOXYQUINONE 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
2,6-DIEPISHYOBUNONE 0 Rhizome Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ACETEUGENOL 0 Rhizome *
ACOLAMONE 0 Plant *
ACOLAMONE 0 Rhizome *
ACORADIN 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ACORAGERMACRONE 0 Plant *
ACORAMONE 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ACORENOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACORENONE 0 Rhizome J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACORIC-ACID 9 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACORIN 0 Plant 2000.0 *
ACORINE 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 8 *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 *
Algicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 4 *
Allelopathic 6 *
Allergenic 10 Martindale's 29th
Analgesic 12 *
Anesthetic 10 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 *
Anhydrotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Anorexic 1 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.