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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACORONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACOROXIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ALPHA-ASARONE | 3 | Rhizome | 132.0 | 6500.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Rhizome | not available | 280.0 | -1.31 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Rhizome | not available | 1500.0 | 1.34 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 500.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ANEURINE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARISTOLENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Rhizome | not available | 1.1 | 1.60 | 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. |
| ASARALDEHYDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASARONALDEHYDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 2830.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ASARONE | 15 | Rhizome | 2100.0 | 48000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASARYLALDEHYDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AZULENE | 10 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| BETA-ASARONE | 18 | Rhizome | 2000.0 | 80000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Absorbent | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Acaricide | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelopathic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allergenic | 10 | Martindale's 29th |
| Analgesic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |