Plant Cornus officinalis (Cornaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chinese Dogwood

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
ARSENIC	2	Fruit	not available	0.7	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	not available	3250.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	5.0	6.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
CORNIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORNUS-TANNIN-2	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORNUS-TANNIN-3	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORNUS-TANNIN-I	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	not available	90.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
ISOTERCHEBIN	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LOGANIN	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	not available	830.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	not available	11.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
MORRONISIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	not available	19500.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	not available	138.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
SWEROSIDE	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Fruit	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
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acidifier	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Analgesic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenovirus	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaggregant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergenic	1	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianaphylactic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.