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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
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.

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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.