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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Plant | not available | 3430.0 | -0.20 | Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | not available | 120.0 | 0.17 | Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195. |
| METHYL-DECANOATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-DODECANOATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-HEXADECANOATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-LAURYL-SULFIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| METHYL-N-NONYL-KETONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-N-NONYL-KETONE | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-N-UNDECYL-KETONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-NONYL-KETONE | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-NONYL-KETONE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-DECYLALDEHYDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-DODECYLALDEHYDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONANAL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NOR-CEPHARADIONE-B | 0 | Shoot | not available | 8.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Root | 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 * |