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
ARISTOLACTAM-A-II	0	Shoot	not available	5.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	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.
BETA-PINENE	13	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	not available	770.0	-1.37	Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
CAMPHENE	9	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	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.
CAMPHENE	9	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRIC-ACID	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRIC-ALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAPRYLALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLALDEHYDE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL	37	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Essential 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 *