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Common Names
Fishwort; Dokudami; Yu Xing Cao
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CEPHARANONE-B | 0 | Shoot | not available | 8.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-N-(4-HYDROXYSTYRYL)-BENZAMIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-N-(4-HYDROXYSTYRYL)-BENZAMIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 1.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Plant | not available | 26.0 | 1.33 | Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195. |
| DECAN-1-AL | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECAN-1-AL | 1 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANAL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANOIC-ACID | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANOIC-ACID | 3 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANOYL-ACETALDEHYDE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANOYL-ACETALDEHYDE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECAN-1-AL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECAN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECANAL | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Plant | not available | 5000.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORIDE | 3 | Shoot | not available | 11.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimenopausal | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimite | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMS | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 8 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |
| Antinephritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antinitrosaminic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinociceptive | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 3 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antionychyotic | 1 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |