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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARISTOLACTAM-A-II | 0 | Shoot | not available | 5.7 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-MYRCENE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | 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. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | not available | 770.0 | -1.37 | Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | 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. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRIC-ACID | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRIC-ALDEHYDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CAPRYLALDEHYDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRYLALDEHYDE | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Protisticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 1 | Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216. |
| Radioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Respiraparalytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Rubefacient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Secretogogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 9 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spasmogenic | 4 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Sprout-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication. |
| Sunscreen | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Surfactant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sweetener | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Teratologic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termitifuge | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |