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Common Names
West Indian Lemongrass; Lemongrass
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEROL | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Plant | not available | 2140.0 | -0.70 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | not available | 23000.0 | 0.08 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | not available | 82000.0 | -0.75 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Plant | not available | 62.0 | 2.34 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SILICON | 4 | Plant | not available | 132.0 | 0.25 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | not available | 640.0 | -0.27 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| TIN | 4 | Plant | not available | 7.1 | -0.93 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| TRIACONTANOL | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| WATER | 0 | Plant | not available | 798000.0 | 0.12 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| ZINC | 77 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antilipoperoxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilithic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiLyme | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphomic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimaculitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimalarial | 2 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antimange | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimastalgic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimelanomic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenopausal | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimite | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimutagenic | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyalgic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |