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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
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.