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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CAMPHOR | 41 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
CARYOPHYLLINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
CHOLINE | 20 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
CHOLINE | 20 | Root | not available | 2600.0 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
CIS-ISOASARONE | 5 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
CIS-ISOELEMICIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 50.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
COPPER | 12 | Rhizome | not available | 4.0 | -1.46 | 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. |
CRYPTOACORONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Rhizome | 5.0 | 1050.0 | 1.41 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
DELTA-CARENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
DELTA-CARENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
DELTA-GUAZULENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
DEXTRIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
DEXTROSE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
DIMETHYL-AMINE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
ELEMICIN | 16 | Rhizome | 10.0 | 650.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
ENANTHYLIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
EO | 0 | Leaf | not available | 2000.0 | -0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
EO | 0 | Rhizome | 10000.0 | 100000.0 | 0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
EO | 0 | Shoot | not available | 1200.0 | -0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Antianxiety | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antiarachidonate | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiarrhythmic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiarthritic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiasthmatic | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antiatherosclerotic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antibacillary | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antibacillus | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antibacterial | 22 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antibronchitic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
Anticancer | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
Anticanker | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Anticariogenic | 5 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |
Anticataract | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Anticatarrh | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Anticephalagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticervicaldysplasic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
AntiCFS | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |