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