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Plant Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alismataceae)

Common Names
Mud Plantain; Tse-Hsieh; Water Plantain; Ze-Xie
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
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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
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antihangover 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhoidal 2 Martindale's 28th
Antihepatotoxic 2 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Antiherpetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *