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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPISHYOBUNONE | 0 | Rhizome | 402.0 | 2010.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| EPOXYISOACORAGERMACRONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| ETHANOL | 24 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Rhizome | 30.0 | 300.0 | -0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALANGIN | 13 | 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. |
| GAMMA-ASARONE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUAIENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| IRON | 6 | Rhizome | not available | 350.0 | -0.03 | 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. |
| ISOACOLAMONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOACORONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ISOCAESPITOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ISOCALAMINEDIOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ISOCALAMUSENONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ISOEUGENOL | 16 | Rhizome | 228.0 | 12510.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOSHYOBUNONE | 0 | Rhizome | 134.0 | 670.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Rhizome | 10.0 | 1400.0 | 1.28 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LINALOL | 0 | Rhizome | 30.0 | 6000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiinflammatory | 15 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiinsomniac | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antikeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilaryngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilepric | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antileukemic | 1 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |
| Antileukonychic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilisteria | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilithic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilithic? | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| AntiLyme | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphomic | 3 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |
| Antimaculitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimange | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimanic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimastalgic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimeasles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antimenopausal | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |