Plant Iris versicolor (Iridaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Blue Flag

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiseptic	2	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antitumor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitympanitic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aperient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	2	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cathartic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic	1	Martindale's 29th
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	2	Newmark, T. M. and Schulick, P. 2000. Herbal Cox-2 Inhibition - Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's Disease. Hohm Press, Prescott AZ.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Dermatitigenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Diuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *