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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |