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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LINALOOL | 53 | Rhizome | 30.0 | 6000.0 | 1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
LUTEOLIN-6,8-C-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
MAGNESIUM | 65 | Rhizome | not available | 1100.0 | -0.56 | 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. |
MANGANESE | 14 | Rhizome | not available | 309.0 | 1.22 | 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. |
MENTHOL | 63 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
MENTHONE | 30 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
METHYL-AMINE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
METHYL-CHAVICOL | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Rhizome | not available | 1025.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
METHYL-ISOEUGENOL | 15 | Rhizome | 110.0 | 3950.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
MUCILAGE | 3 | Plant | not available | 8000.0 | -1.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
N-HEPTYLIC-ACID | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
OCIMENE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
P-CYMENE | 16 | Rhizome | 0.0 | 50.0 | -0.49 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
P-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wolf, R.B. Effects Of p-Methoxycinnamaldehyde From Star Anise And Related Cinnamic Acid Derivatives On Velvetleaf Germination. Journal of Natural Products, 49(1): 156-158, 1986. |
PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PARASARONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
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. |