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.
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
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRIC-ACID	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID	5	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-GUAIJENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIACETYL	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Rhizome	1000.0	20000.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-MYRISTATE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FURFURAL	6	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FURFUROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-IRONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IONONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRIDIN	10	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRIDOGERMANAL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRIFLOPHENONE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRIFLORENTIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRIFLOSIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRIGENIN	4	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRILONE	4	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