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Plant Houttuynia cordata (Saururaceae)

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
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.