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Common Names
Fishwort; Dokudami; Yu Xing Cao
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CEPHARANONE-B | 0 | Shoot | not available | 8.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-N-(4-HYDROXYSTYRYL)-BENZAMIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-N-(4-HYDROXYSTYRYL)-BENZAMIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 1.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Plant | not available | 26.0 | 1.33 | Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195. |
| DECAN-1-AL | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECAN-1-AL | 1 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANAL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANOIC-ACID | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANOIC-ACID | 3 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANOYL-ACETALDEHYDE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANOYL-ACETALDEHYDE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECAN-1-AL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECAN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECANAL | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Plant | not available | 5000.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORIDE | 3 | Shoot | not available | 11.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiophidic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiosteoporotic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiosteosclerotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiotitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiototic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antioxidant | 16 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antioxidant (LDL) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipancreatitic | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antiperiodontal | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiperiodontic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperiodontitic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiperistaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipermeability | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperoxidant | 3 | Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991. |
| Antipharyngitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiplaque | 6 | Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21 |
| Antiplasmodial | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiplatelet | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiPMS | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |