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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACORONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACOROXIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ALPHA-ASARONE | 3 | Rhizome | 132.0 | 6500.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Rhizome | not available | 280.0 | -1.31 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Rhizome | not available | 1500.0 | 1.34 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 500.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ANEURINE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARISTOLENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Rhizome | not available | 1.1 | 1.60 | 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. |
| ASARALDEHYDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASARONALDEHYDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 2830.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ASARONE | 15 | Rhizome | 2100.0 | 48000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASARYLALDEHYDE | 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. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AZULENE | 10 | 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. |
| BETA-ASARONE | 18 | Rhizome | 2000.0 | 80000.0 | not available | 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. |