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Common Names
Mud Plantain; Tse-Hsieh; Water Plantain; Ze-Xie
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-BETA-HYDROXYALISOL-B-MONOACETATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 16-BETA-METHOXYALISOL-B-MONOACETATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETYLALISOLS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETYLVALINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ADENOSINE-5'-PHOSPHOSULFATE-SULFOTRANSFERASE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALISMOL | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALISMOXIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALISOL-A | 2 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALISOL-A-MONOACETATE | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALISOL-B | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALISOL-B-MONOACETATE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALISOL-C | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALISOL-C-MONOACETATE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARABINOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Rhizome | not available | 0.1 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARAGINE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Rhizome | 1630.0 | 3430.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOERIOL | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Flatugenic | 3 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| FLavor | 4 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hemolytic | 2 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemostat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hypertensive | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 11 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 4 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypokalemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |