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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
OLEIC-ACID 18 Shoot *
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil *
P-CYMENE 16 Shoot Essent. Oil *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Essential Oil *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Shoot *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Shoot Essent. Oil *
PHYTOL 1 Shoot *
PIPEROLACTAM-A 0 Shoot 4.2 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 54300.0 2.27 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
POTASSIUM-CHLORIDE 0 Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
POTASSIUM-SULFATE 0 Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
QUERCETIN 176 Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-L-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Shoot *
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf *
QUERCITRIN 44 Plant *
QUERCITRIN 44 Shoot 8600.0 1.00 *
REYNOUTRIN 2 Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
RUTIN 87 Leaf *
RUTIN 87 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 *
Antihepatotoxic 5 *
Antiherpetic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihistaminic 5 *
AntiHIV 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 5 *
Antihyperthyroid 1 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 22 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.