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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery	2	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Poultice	1	Martindale's 29th
Propecic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic	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.
RNA-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Thermogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tineacide	1	Martindale's 29th
Toxic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *