Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Cornus officinalis (Cornaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Dogwood
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
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.7 0.30 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 3250.0 -0.14 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 5.0 6.0 -0.53 *
CORNIN 0 Fruit *
CORNUS-TANNIN-2 0 Fruit *
CORNUS-TANNIN-3 0 Fruit *
CORNUS-TANNIN-I 0 Fruit *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Fruit *
IRON 6 Fruit 90.0 -0.17 *
ISOTERCHEBIN 2 Fruit *
LOGANIN 4 Fruit *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 830.0 -0.60 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 11.0 -0.33 *
MORRONISIDE 0 Fruit *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Seed *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 19500.0 0.14 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 138.0 -0.17 *
SWEROSIDE 9 Fruit *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acidifier 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiadenovirus 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaggregant 1 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergenic 1 (View) Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 2 (View) *
Antialopecic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 2 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antianemic 3 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.