Plant Acorus calamus (Acoraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-CALAMUSENONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(-)-BETA-CURCUMENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(-)-TROPONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Rhizome	0.0	100.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
2,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZALDEHYDE	0	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.
2,5-DIMETHOXYBENZOQUINONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
2,5-DIMETHOXYQUINONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
2,6-DIEPISHYOBUNONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ACETEUGENOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACOLAMONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACOLAMONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACORADIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ACORAGERMACRONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACORAMONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ACORENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACORENONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACORIC-ACID	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACORIN	0	Plant	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACORINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antihalitosic	2	American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal	1	Martindale's 28th
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	7	J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
AntiHIV	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrocoele	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimpotence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiincontinence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.