Plant Asiasarum heterotropoides (Aristolochiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Asian 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
(2E,4E,8Z,10E)-N-ISOBUTYL-2,4,8,10-DODECATETRAENAMIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(2E,4E,8Z,10Z)-N-ISOBUTYL-2,4,8,10-DODECATETRAENAMIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Root	not available	0.7	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	7450.0	12900.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	13.0	14.0	0.25	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMICIN	16	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUCARVONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HIGENAMINE	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	450.0	2800.0	3.63	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	2520.0	2600.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	120.0	248.0	2.42	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Root	not available	0.2	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-EUGENOL	20	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELLITORINE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	11600.0	18200.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	226.0	278.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	38.0	59.0	1.53	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
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride	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
Antitussive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Xiang, R., Xu, J. T., Yi, N. Y., Xia, Z. Q. 1995. The Pharmacologic Action of Higenamine on Beta-Adrenergic Receptors in Heart of Mice. Zhongguo Yaolixue Tongbao, 11(2): 113-116.
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	3	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Carcinogenic	2	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cardioprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	2	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	1	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.