Plant Asarum canadense (Aristolochiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Wild Ginger

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARISTOLOCHIC-ACID	33	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARISTOLONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMICIN	16	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Rhizome	35000.0	45000.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALTL-ACETATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-EUGENOL	20	Rhizome	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
Antiflu	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiherpetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiimplantation	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antileukemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antineoplastic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	2	Duke, 1992 *