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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Root 2.0 *
2,5-DIMETHYL-7-HYDROXYCHROMONE 0 Root 2.0 *
2,5-DIMETHYL-7-HYDROXYCHROMONE-7-MONOACETATE 0 Root 0.5 *
2-METHOXY-6-ACETYL-7-METHYL-JUGLONE 0 Root 3.0 *
2-METHOXY-6-ACETYL-7-METHYL-JUGLONE-MONOACETATE 0 Root 0.5 *
7-HYDROXY-4-METHOXY-5-METHYLCOUMARIN 0 Root 3.0 *
7-HYDROXY-4-METHOXY-5-METHYLCOUMARIN-8-MONOACETATE 0 Root 0.5 *
ANTHRAQUINONES 6 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ARSENIC 2 Plant Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
BARIUM 0 Plant 14.0 32.0 -0.84 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
BROMINE 0 Plant 11.0 80.0 0.95 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
CALCIUM 28 Plant 11000.0 12000.0 -0.17 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
CHLORINE 7 Plant 4000.0 6000.0 -0.10 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
CHROMIUM 24 Plant 8.0 14.0 0.44 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
CHRYSOPHANOL 10 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CITREOROSEIN 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
COPPER 12 Plant 9.0 10.0 -0.44 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
EMODIN 58 Root 4000.0 6700.0 0.60 *
EMODIN-8-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EMODIN-8-GLUCOSIDE 2 Root Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiperiodontitic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiplaque 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiplatelet 1 *
AntiPMS 2 *
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 3 *
Antiprostaglandin 2 *
Antiprostatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprotozoal 1 *
Antipurpuric 2 *
Antiradicular 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirheumatic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisarcomic 1 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiseptic 9 Martindale's 29th
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 5 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antisprout 1 *