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
TERPINOLENE	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
TERPINOLENE	9	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
TRANS-ANETHOLE	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ISOELEMICINE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIMETHYLAMINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TROPONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	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.

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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
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).