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Common Names
Blue Flag
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FURFURAL | 6 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFUROL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUM | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTACOSAN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IPURANOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRIDIN | 10 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOPHTHALIC-ACID | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRICYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RESIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLIC-ACID | 34 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihypertensive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiichthyosic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinflammatory | 1 | Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991. |
| Antilipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimutagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephritic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antinesidioblastosic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antineuralgic | 1 | Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus. |
| Antioncychomycotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiophidic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antioxidant | 4 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antiperiodic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipodagric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipsoriac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiradicular | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antirheumatic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |