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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHENOL | 26 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Rhizome | 9560.0 | 11200.0 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 132000.0 | -0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PYRIDOXINE | 43 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SITOSTEROL-3-O-6-STEAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Rhizome | 151.0 | 322.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STACHYOSE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Rhizome | 54.0 | 68.0 | -0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antilithic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| AntiLyme | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphomic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimaculitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimalarial | 1 | Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986. |
| Antimanic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimastalgic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimelanomic | 2 | 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. |
| Antimenopausal | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMorning-Sickness | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimorphinistic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMS | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiMSG-Sensitivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimutagenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimyasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimyocontractant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |