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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Arundo donax (Poaceae)

Common Names
Giant Reed
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2-O-(4-O-METHYL-ALPHA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-URONIC-A.)-D-XYLOSE 0 Plant *
3,3'-BIS(INDOLYL-METHYL)-DIMETHYL-AMMONIUM-HYDROXIDE 0 Flower *
5-METHOXY-N-METHYLTRYPTAMINE 0 Plant *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 5000.0 -0.30 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN-ACETATE 2 Leaf *
ASH 0 Plant 92000.0 150000.0 0.52 *
ASH 0 Stem 42000.0 -1.01 *
BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE 4 Leaf *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BUFOTENIDINE 1 Rhizome *
BUFOTENINE 10 Leaf *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 4900.0 -0.93 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Leaf *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 699000.0 777000.0 0.67 *
CELLULOSE 1 Stem 446000.0 503000.0 -1.24 *
DEHYDROBUFOTENINE 0 Rhizome *
DONAXARIDINE 0 Plant *
DONAXERINE 2 Rhizome *
DONAXINE 0 Rhizome *
ELEAGNINE 0 Flower *

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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Allelopathic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiallergic 1 (View) *
Antialzheimeran? 1 (View) *
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antianxiety 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic 3 (View) Cardiology from Nature.(by Authur Hollman, s.d.) Telectronics Pacing System, London. 13 pp.
Antiarthritic 1 (View) *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 2 (View) Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticancer 1 (View) *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 (View) 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 (View) *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 (View) *