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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PHENOL | 26 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PHENYLPROPANES | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
POTASSIUM | 14 | Rhizome | not available | 16000.0 | 0.34 | 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. |
PREISOCALAMENDIOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
RESIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
RESIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 25000.0 | -1.38 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
SABINENE | 5 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
SAPONIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
SEKISHONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 650.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
SELINA-3,7(11)-DIENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
SELINENE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
SHYOBUNONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1850.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
SITOSTEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
SITOSTEROL | 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. |
SODIUM | 1 | Rhizome | not available | 459.0 | -0.10 | 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. |
STARCH | 5 | Rhizome | 250000.0 | 400000.0 | -0.22 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
TANNIN | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
TANNIN | 35 | Rhizome | not available | 15000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Rhizome | 10.0 | 500.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
TERPINIC-ALCOHOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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). |