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

Common Names

Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Hepatotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Martindale's 29th
Herbicide	11	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.
Histaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic	1	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypnotic	2	Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Hypocholesterolemic	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	10	Duke, 1992 *
Hypothalmic-Depressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ileorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	5	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Immunosuppressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inhalant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.