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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
Antileukonychic 1 (View) *
Antileukotriene 1 (View) *
Antilithic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme 1 (View) *
Antilymphomic 2 (View) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antimaculitic 1 (View) *
Antimalarial 2 (View) *
Antimastalgic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimenopausal 2 (View) *
Antimenorrhagic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 2 (View) *
Antimigraine 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 (View) *
AntiMRSA 1 (View) *
AntiMS 1 (View) *
Antimutagenic 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinephritic 2 (View) *
Antinephrolytic 1 (View) *
Antineuropathic 1 (View) *
Antineurotic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.