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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
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.