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Common Names
Fishwort; Dokudami; Yu Xing Cao
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Plant | not available | 3430.0 | -0.20 | Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | not available | 120.0 | 0.17 | Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195. |
| METHYL-DECANOATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-DODECANOATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-HEXADECANOATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-LAURYL-SULFIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| METHYL-N-NONYL-KETONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-N-NONYL-KETONE | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-N-UNDECYL-KETONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-NONYL-KETONE | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-NONYL-KETONE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-DECYLALDEHYDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-DODECYLALDEHYDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONANAL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NOR-CEPHARADIONE-B | 0 | Shoot | not available | 8.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |