Plant Houttuynia cordata (Saururaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Fishwort; Dokudami; Yu Xing Cao

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-LIMONENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-SESAMIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,3,5-TRIDECANOYLBENZENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,4-DIHYDROPYRIDINE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-DECANOL	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-DODECANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-NONANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-NONYL-5-DECANOYLPYRIDINE	0	Shoot	not available	18.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DIDECANOYLPYRIDINE	0	Shoot	not available	2.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-KETODECANAL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AFZELIN	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AFZELIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AFZELIN	1	Shoot	not available	80000.0	1.00	Fuse, J., Kanomori, H., Sakamoto, I., Yahara, S. 1994. Studies on Flavonol Gylcosides in Houttuynia cordata. Nat. Med., 48(4): 307-311.
AFZERIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Fuse, J., Kanomori, H., Sakamoto, I., Yahara, S. 1994. Studies on Flavonol Gylcosides in Houttuynia cordata. Nat. Med., 48(4): 307-311.
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	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.
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
(-)-Chronotropic	2	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	2	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	4	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Addictive	1	Science News, 145: 294.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	10	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	14	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Ancylostomicide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *