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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
GERANIOL 35 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE 2 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPERIN 14 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Shoot not available 2900.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Plant not available 500.0 -0.15 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Shoot not available 700.0 1.42 Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Shoot 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
Larvistat 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 3 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Litholytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator 1 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant 1 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC