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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
(+)-CALAMUSENONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(-)-BETA-CURCUMENE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(-)-TROPONE 0 Plant *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Rhizome 0.0 100.0 -0.80 *
2,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZALDEHYDE 0 Plant *
2,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZALDEHYDE 0 Rhizome Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
2,5-DIMETHOXYBENZOQUINONE 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
2,5-DIMETHOXYQUINONE 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
2,6-DIEPISHYOBUNONE 0 Rhizome Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ACETEUGENOL 0 Rhizome *
ACOLAMONE 0 Plant *
ACOLAMONE 0 Rhizome *
ACORADIN 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ACORAGERMACRONE 0 Plant *
ACORAMONE 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ACORENOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACORENONE 0 Rhizome J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACORIC-ACID 9 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACORIN 0 Plant 2000.0 *
ACORINE 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Vasodilator 6 *
Vermifuge 1 *
Verrucolytic 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vibriocide 2 *
Vulnerary 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *