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

Common Names

Orris

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
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
Trichomonicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonistat	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypsin-Enhancer	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	2	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Uricosuric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *