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

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Orris

How this plant is used

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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
2-NONEN-1-AL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3',4',5-TRIHYDROXY-6,7-DIMETHOXYISOFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3',4',5-TRIHYDROXY-6,7-METHYLENEDIOXYISOFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4',5'7-TRIHYDROXY-3',6-DIMETHOXYISOFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOVANILLONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOVERATRONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CAROTENE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-IRONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Flower	not available	4200.0	0.46	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	4860.0	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	not available	870.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IRONE	0	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
COX-1-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoproliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Demulcent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dermatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Embryotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97.
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Enterorelaxant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Estrogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor	10	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry