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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
GERANIOL 35 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE 2 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPERIN 14 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Shoot not available 2900.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Plant not available 500.0 -0.15 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Shoot not available 700.0 1.42 Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Shoot 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
Anticancer 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 2 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 7 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticholinesterase 2 Duke, 1992 *