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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antionychyotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiosteoarthritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiosteoporotic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiototic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antioxidant | 7 | Jimenez, J., Navarro, M.C., Montilla, M.P., Martin, A. and Martinez, A. 1993. Thymus zygis Oil: Its Effects on CCl4-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Free Radical Scavenger Activity. JEO5: 153-8. |
| Antioxidant (LDL) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant Synergist | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiparkinsonian | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperiodontic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperiodontitic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiplaque | 4 | Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21 |
| AntiPMS | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipolio | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194. |
| Antiprolactin | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipruritic | 1 | 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. |
| Antipyretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |