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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Aristolochia debilis (Aristolochiaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Birthwort
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
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 33.0 -0.19 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 21500.0 0.32 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 136.0 -0.17 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 40.0 0.29 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Laxative 2 *
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Litholytic 1 *
Mucogenic 1 Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Mutagenic 1 *
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Nephrotoxic 1 *
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 *
Papillomagenic 1 *
Pediculicide 1 Grainge, M. and Ahmed, S., Handbook of Plants with Pest-Control Properties, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1988, 470.
Pesticide 4 *
Phagocytotic 1 *
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Prooxidant 1 *
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Suppurative 1 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.