Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Iris versicolor (Iridaceae)

Common Names
Blue Flag
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
FURFURAL 6 Rhizome *
FURFUROL 0 Rhizome *
GUM 0 Rhizome *
HEPTACOSAN 0 Rhizome *
IPURANOL 0 Rhizome *
IRIDIN 10 Rhizome *
ISOPHTHALIC-ACID 0 Rhizome *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Rhizome *
MYRICYL-ALCOHOL 0 Rhizome *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Rhizome *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Rhizome *
RESIN 0 Rhizome *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Rhizome *
STARCH 5 Rhizome *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Rhizome *
TANNIN 35 Rhizome *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiseptic 2 (View) Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antitumor 2 (View) *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 (View) *
Antitympanitic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer 1 (View) *
Antiviral 2 (View) *
Aperient 1 (View) *
Cancer-Preventive 2 (View) Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 (View) *
Carcinogenic 1 (View) *
Cathartic 1 (View) *
Chelator 1 (View) *
Cholinergic 1 (View) *
Comedolytic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Cosmetic 2 (View) 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 (View) *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 (View) 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 (View) *
Dermatitigenic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Diuretic 1 (View) *