Plant Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alismataceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Mud Plantain; Tse-Hsieh; Water Plantain; Ze-Xie

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
COPPER	12	Rhizome	11.0	15.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CYTIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-FRUCTOSE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIALISOL-A	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Rhizome	not available	42000.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
FURFURALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUANIDINE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Rhizome	95.0	110.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
LECITHIN	20	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Rhizome	1410.0	1740.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Rhizome	360.0	479.0	2.36	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Rhizome	not available	0.0	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3	Martindale's 29th
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition