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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-CURCUMENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Rhizome | 60.0 | 750.0 | 1.07 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-GURJUNENE | 0 | Rhizome | 20.0 | 1700.0 | 1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Rhizome | not available | 150.0 | 1.12 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYRIC-ACID | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADALO-1,4,9-TRIENE | 0 | Rhizome | 410.0 | 2050.0 | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CALACOLENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 100.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CALACONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CALAMENE | 0 | Rhizome | 40.0 | 1920.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALAMENENE | 0 | Rhizome | 10.0 | 4000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALAMENOL | 0 | Rhizome | 500.0 | 5000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALAMENONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALAMENONE | 0 | Rhizome | 100.0 | 500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALAMEONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 280.0 | not available | Abstract (See species file) |
| CALAMOL | 0 | Rhizome | 320.0 | 3885.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CALAMONE | 0 | Rhizome | 100.0 | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALARENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Rhizome | not available | 7040.0 | 0.02 | 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. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Rhizome | 10.0 | 460.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiepileptic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiesophagitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifatigue | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrinolytic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrositic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antifibrotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antigliomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglutamaergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |