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

Common Names
Asian Wild Ginger
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
(2E,4E,8Z,10E)-N-ISOBUTYL-2,4,8,10-DODECATETRAENAMIDE 0 Plant *
(2E,4E,8Z,10Z)-N-ISOBUTYL-2,4,8,10-DODECATETRAENAMIDE 0 Plant *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root *
ARSENIC 2 Root 0.7 -0.18 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 7450.0 12900.0 0.60 *
COPPER 12 Root 13.0 14.0 0.25 *
ELEMICIN 16 Root *
EUCARVONE 0 Root *
HIGENAMINE 5 Root *
IRON 6 Root 450.0 2800.0 3.63 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 2520.0 2600.0 0.02 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 120.0 248.0 2.42 *
MERCURY 1 Root 0.2 0.17 *
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Root *
PELLITORINE 2 Root *
POTASSIUM 14 Root 11600.0 18200.0 0.18 *
SAFROLE 29 Root *
SODIUM 1 Root 226.0 278.0 -0.38 *
ZINC 77 Root 38.0 59.0 1.53 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Coleoptophile 1 *
Collagenic 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Controlled 1 HerbalGram No. 20, page 15.
Copper-Antagonist 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
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Stohr, J. R., Xiao, P. G., Bauer, R. 1999. Isobutylamides and a New Methylbutylamide from Piper sarmentosum. Planta Med., 65(2): 175-177.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytochrome-P488-Inducer 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diuretic 3 *
DNA-Binder 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ergogenic 1 *
Expectorant 1 Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp.
FLavor 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 2 *
Fungistat 1 Laekeman, G.M., Van Hoof, L., Haemers, A., Vanden Berghe, D.A., Herman, A.G., and Vlietinck, A.J. Eugenol a Valuable Compound for In Vitro Experimental Research and Worthwhile for Further In Vivo Investigation. Phytotherapy Research 4(3): 93, 1990.
Hallucinogenic 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.