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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Plant | not available | 3430.0 | -0.20 | Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | not available | 120.0 | 0.17 | Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195. |
| METHYL-DECANOATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-DODECANOATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-HEXADECANOATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-LAURYL-SULFIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| METHYL-N-NONYL-KETONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-N-NONYL-KETONE | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-N-UNDECYL-KETONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-NONYL-KETONE | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-NONYL-KETONE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-DECYLALDEHYDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-DODECYLALDEHYDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONANAL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NOR-CEPHARADIONE-B | 0 | Shoot | not available | 8.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |