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
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE	8	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CEPHARANONE-B	0	Shoot	not available	8.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-N-(4-HYDROXYSTYRYL)-BENZAMIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-N-(4-HYDROXYSTYRYL)-BENZAMIDE	0	Shoot	not available	1.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Plant	not available	26.0	1.33	Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
DECAN-1-AL	1	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-1-AL	1	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANAL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANOIC-ACID	3	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANOIC-ACID	3	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANOYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANOYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DODECAN-1-AL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DODECAN-1-AL	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DODECANAL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Plant	not available	5000.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORIDE	3	Shoot	not available	11.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	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.