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 |
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TERPINOLENE | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
TERPINOLENE | 9 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
TRANS-ANETHOLE | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
TRANS-ISOELEMICINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
TRANS-ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
TRIMETHYLAMINE | 1 | Plant | 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. |
TROPONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ZINC | 77 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Vasodilator | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
Vermifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
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 | Duke, 1992 * |
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 | Duke, 1992 * |