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 |
---|---|---|
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 * |