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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
(+)-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 *
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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
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tocopherol-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tracheorelaxant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 4 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 7 Martindale's 29th
Tumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Urinary-Antiseptic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Varroacide 1 Duke, 1992 *