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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anticheilitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticholinesterase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antichoreic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticirrhotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticlimacteric | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticoagulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticoeliac | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticold | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticonvulsant | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticoronary | 2 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| AntiCrohn's | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiCTS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticystinuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidandruff | 2 | A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp. |
| Antidecubitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidementia | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidepressant | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidiabetic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |