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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hypothermic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 6 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunosuppressant | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Inflammatory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inhalant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insect-Repellent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 16 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insectiphile | 5 | J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986. |
| Insulinogenic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Interleukin-6-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Irritant | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Irritant? | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Juvabional | 4 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Larvicide | 3 | Berenbaum, M. R., The natives knew, Chemtech, (May), 1990, 275-279. |