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Plant Iris x germanica (Iridaceae)

Common Names
Orris
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antimelanomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenopausal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimutagenic 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinephritic 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.
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosating 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiodontalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *