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Common Names
Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINALOOL | 53 | Rhizome | 30.0 | 6000.0 | 1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LUTEOLIN-6,8-C-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Rhizome | not available | 1100.0 | -0.56 | 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. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Rhizome | not available | 309.0 | 1.22 | 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. |
| MENTHOL | 63 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| MENTHONE | 30 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| METHYL-AMINE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CHAVICOL | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Rhizome | not available | 1025.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-ISOEUGENOL | 15 | Rhizome | 110.0 | 3950.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Plant | not available | 8000.0 | -1.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HEPTYLIC-ACID | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| OCIMENE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Rhizome | 0.0 | 50.0 | -0.49 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| P-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wolf, R.B. Effects Of p-Methoxycinnamaldehyde From Star Anise And Related Cinnamic Acid Derivatives On Velvetleaf Germination. Journal of Natural Products, 49(1): 156-158, 1986. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PARASARONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 6 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiaggregant | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaging | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 3 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antiallergic | 8 | J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. |
| Antialopecic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran? | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiandrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianemic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |