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Common Names
Couchgrass; Doggrass; Quackgrass; Wheatgrass; Twitchgrass
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiradicular | 6 | 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. |
| AntiRaynaud's | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | 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 |
| AntiReye's | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirheumatic | 5 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antisalmonella | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 7 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Antisickling | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antisinusitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antispare-Tire | 1 | 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 |
| Antispasmodic | 7 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antistreptococcic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistroke | 2 | 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 |