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Plant Houttuynia cordata (Saururaceae)

Common Names
Fishwort; Dokudami; Yu Xing Cao
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
RUTIN 87 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Shoot not available 1200.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
SESAMIN 15 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Plant not available 212.0 -0.29 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-4-ENE-3,5-DIONE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECANOIC-ACID 0 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 71 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 71 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 71 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-N-(4-HYDROXYSTYRYL)-BENZAMIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-N-(4-HYDROXYSTYRYL)-BENZAMIDE 0 Shoot not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-2-ONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-2-ONE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VOMIFOLIOL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Plant not available 56.0 0.04 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *