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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
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 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Rhizome 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 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 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
MENTHONE 30 Rhizome Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
METHYL-AMINE 1 Rhizome *
METHYL-CHAVICOL 6 Plant *
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Rhizome 1025.0 1.00 *
METHYL-ISOEUGENOL 15 Rhizome 110.0 3950.0 *
MUCILAGE 3 Plant 8000.0 -1.47 *
MYRCENE 22 Plant *
N-HEPTYLIC-ACID 0 Rhizome CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
OCIMENE 2 Plant *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Plant *
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 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 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Rhizome *
PARASARONE 0 Rhizome CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 20 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 16 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 3 *
GABA-nergic 1 *
Gastroprotective 1 *
Gastrosedative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Genotoxic 1 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Gram(+)icide 1 *
Gram(-)icide 1 *
GST-Inducer 1 *
Hallucinogen 1 *
Hallucinogenic 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Hemolytic 2 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 2 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective 4 *
Hepatoregenerative 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.