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
Anesthetic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ankylostomacide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	5	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	5	J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran?	3	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.