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Common Names
Couchgrass; Doggrass; Quackgrass; Wheatgrass; Twitchgrass
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERGOTAMINE | 7 | Symbiotic Ergot Sclerotia | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ERGOTAMININE | 0 | Symbiotic Ergot Sclerotia | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ERGOTHIONENE | 0 | Symbiotic Ergot Sclerotia | not available | 3600.0 | not available | Wealth of India. |
| FAT | 0 | Plant | 15000.0 | 38000.0 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 15000.0 | -0.67 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 18000.0 | 121000.0 | -0.76 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FIBER | 15 | Plant | 317000.0 | 339000.0 | 0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| INFUSION | 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. |
| INOSITOL | 8 | Rhizome | 10000.0 | 30000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Plant | not available | 311.0 | -0.37 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| LECTIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| LYSERGIC-ACID | 1 | Symbiotic Ergot Sclerotia | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Plant | not available | 7570.0 | 1.09 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | 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. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | 43.0 | 188.0 | 0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNITOL | 18 | Rhizome | 10000.0 | 15000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHOL | 63 | Plant | 15.0 | 20.0 | -0.62 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| MENTHOL | 63 | Rhizome | not available | 18.0 | 1.00 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| MENTHONE | 30 | Plant | 5.0 | 10.0 | -0.51 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiescherichic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifatigue | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihalitosic | 2 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |
| Antihangover | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 2 | J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. |
| AntiHIV | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |