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

Common Names

Orris

How this plant is used

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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
NAPTHALENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONYL-ALDEHYDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ALDEHYDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Rhizome	200000.0	500000.0	0.42	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECANOIC-ACID	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECYLIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UNDECYLIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiallergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	9	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Lung)	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticariogenic	2	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic	2	Duke, 1992 *