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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPISHYOBUNONE | 0 | Rhizome | 402.0 | 2010.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| EPOXYISOACORAGERMACRONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| ETHANOL | 24 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Rhizome | 30.0 | 300.0 | -0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALANGIN | 13 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| GAMMA-ASARONE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUAIENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| IRON | 6 | Rhizome | not available | 350.0 | -0.03 | 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. |
| ISOACOLAMONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOACORONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ISOCAESPITOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ISOCALAMINEDIOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ISOCALAMUSENONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ISOEUGENOL | 16 | Rhizome | 228.0 | 12510.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOSHYOBUNONE | 0 | Rhizome | 134.0 | 670.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Rhizome | 10.0 | 1400.0 | 1.28 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LINALOL | 0 | Rhizome | 30.0 | 6000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antidiarrheic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiscotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Aluminum) | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antidote (Cadmium) | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Iodine) | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antidote (Lead) | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Paraquat) | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidote (Strychnine) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysenteric | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysgeuzic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidyskinetic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysmenorrheic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antieczemic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiedemic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antielleptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiemetic | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antiencephalitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiencephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiendometriotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienterotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |