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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimetastatic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimite | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimitotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMS | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimutagenic | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antinephritic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinesidioblastosic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antineuralgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antinitrosaminic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosating | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |