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
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 *

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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
Antipodriac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	8	Jimenez, J., Navarro, M.C., Montilla, M.P., Martin, A. and Martinez, A. 1993. Thymus zygis Oil: Its Effects on CCl4-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Free Radical Scavenger Activity. JEO5: 153-8.
AntiRaynaud's	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antirheumatalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic	4	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella	3	Duke, 1992 *