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
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 *

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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
Clastogenic	1	Friedman, M. and Dao, L. 1990. Effect of Autoclaving and Conventional and Microwave Baking on the Ergot Alkaloid and Chlorogenic Acid Contents of Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor Cav. cv.) Heavenly Blue Seeds. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 805-808.
CNS-Active	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	3	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	4	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Toxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Convulsant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Antagonist	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
Copper-Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant	2	Martindale's 29th
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Culicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator	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.