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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Houttuynia cordata (Saururaceae)

Common Names
Fishwort; Dokudami; Yu Xing Cao
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ARISTOLACTAM-A-II 0 Shoot 5.7 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Plant *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant 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 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Shoot *
BORNEOL 35 Shoot Essent. Oil *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 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 *
CAMPHENE 9 Plant 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 *
CAPRIC-ACID 3 Plant *
CAPRIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAPRYLALDEHYDE 0 Plant *
CAPRYLALDEHYDE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil *
CARVACROL 37 Plant *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Essential Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticholinesterase? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticlastogen 1 *
Anticlimacteric 2 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolic 1 *
Anticolitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 1 *
Anticonvulsant 4 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCrohn's 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCVI 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidandruff 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidementia 2 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidermatitic 4 *
Antidiabetic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92.