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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
ARISTOLACTAM-A-II 0 Shoot not available 5.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 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.
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant not available 770.0 -1.37 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
CAMPHENE 9 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 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.
CAMPHENE 9 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRIC-ACID 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAPRYLALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLALDEHYDE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 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
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.