Plant Houttuynia cordata (Saururaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
Vasodilator	5	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	2	Martindale's 28th
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.