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Common Names
Fishwort; Dokudami; Yu Xing Cao
How this plant is used
Food
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| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Edemagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Embryotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97. |
| Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterorelaxant | 2 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterotoxic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Expectorant | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| FLavor | 20 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroirritant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gastroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |