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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Fallopia japonica (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Japanese Knotweed; Giant Knotweed; Mexican Bamboo; Hu-Zhang
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
QUERCITRIN 44 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUESTIN 2 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
QUESTINOL 0 Root 1.0 *
RESVERATROL 68 Root Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
RESVERATROL 68 Stem 30.0 50.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
RESVERATROL-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
REYNOUTRIIN 0 Leaf 3000.0 *
REYNOUTRIN 2 Leaf 3000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
RUBIDIUM 0 Plant 8.0 33.0 0.81 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
RUTIN 87 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STILBENES 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
STRONTIUM 0 Plant 15.0 120.0 -0.21 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
SULFUR 14 Plant 2300.0 2600.0 -0.54 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
TANNIN 35 Leaf 170000.0 240000.0 1.58 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TANNIN 35 Stem 30000.0 130000.0 1.22 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TITANIUM 0 Plant 30.0 90.0 -0.64 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
TORACHRYSONE-8-O-D-GLUCOSE 0 Root 10.0 *
TORACHRYSONE-8-O-D-GLUCOSE-9-PENTACETATE 0 Root 3.5 *
ZINC 77 Plant 42.0 49.0 -0.03 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antielastase 1 *
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiepileptic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antierythemic 1 *
Antifatigue 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifibrotic 1 *
Antiflu 3 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiglaucomic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 *
Antigoiter 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihangover 1 *
Antihematuric 1 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 *
Antihepatotic 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiherpetic 6 Martindale's 29th