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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiautistic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antibacterial | 6 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticapillary-Fragility | 1 | Merck 7th Ed. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinomic | 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. |
| Anticariogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticataract | 3 | Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993. |
| Anticephalagic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| AntiCFS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticheilitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antichilblain | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antichoreic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticirrhotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |