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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TERPINOLENE 9 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
TERPINOLENE 9 Rhizome Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Plant *
TRANS-ISOELEMICINE 0 Rhizome *
TRANS-ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Plant *
TRIMETHYLAMINE 1 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TROPONE 0 Plant *
ZINC 77 Rhizome 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarachidonate 1 *
Antiarrhythmic 3 *
Antiarthritic 6 *
Antiasthmatic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic 4 *
Antibacillary 2 *
Antibacillus 1 *
Antibacterial 22 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
AntiBPH 1 *
Antibronchitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Anticancer 4 *
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 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 1 *
AntiCFS 2 *