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
(+)-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 *

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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
Antianaphylactic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	21	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibiotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.