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Plant Elytrigia repens (Poaceae)

Common Names
Couchgrass, Doggrass, Quackgrass, Wheatgrass, Twitchgrass
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-PHENYLHEXA-2,4-DIYNE-1-ONE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
AGROPYRENE 9 Rhizome 475.0 494.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Plant not available 331.0 -0.10 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASH 0 Plant 61000.0 78000.0 -0.78 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ALANINE 2 Rhizome not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CALCIUM 28 Plant 3000.0 9280.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 455000.0 797000.0 0.80 Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Plant not available 50.0 -0.86 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CARVACROL 37 Rhizome not available 55.0 not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CARVONE 19 Plant not available 25.0 -0.43 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CARVONE 19 Rhizome not available 27.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Plant not available 37.0 2.59 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
COBALT 2 Plant not available 18.0 0.11 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
EO 0 Rhizome 100.0 520.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
ERGOCORNINE 0 Symbiotic Ergot Sclerotia not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ERGOCRISTIN 0 Symbiotic Ergot Sclerotia not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ERGOCRISTININE 0 Symbiotic Ergot Sclerotia not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ERGOCRYPTINE 3 Symbiotic Ergot Sclerotia not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ERGOCRYPTININE 0 Symbiotic Ergot Sclerotia not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ERGOSINE 3 Symbiotic Ergot Sclerotia not available not available not available Wealth of India.
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Acaricide 2 (View Chemicals list for Acaricide) Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for ACE-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 (View Chemicals list for Allelopathic) Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 6 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic) Martindale's 29th
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View Chemicals list for Amphiglycemic?) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 8 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic) Duke, 1992 *
Ancylostomicide 1 (View Chemicals list for Ancylostomicide) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anesthetic 4 (View Chemicals list for Anesthetic) Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View Chemicals list for Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker) Duke, 1992 *
Ankylostomacide 1 (View Chemicals list for Ankylostomacide) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anorexic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Anthelmintic 3 (View Chemicals list for Anthelmintic) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 4 (View Chemicals list for Antiacetylcholinesterase) Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 5 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacrodermatitic) Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE 1 (View Chemicals list for AntiAGE) 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
Antiaggregant 5 (View Chemicals list for Antiaggregant) Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaging) 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
Antiakathisic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiakathisic) Martindale's 29th