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

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Orris

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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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiradicular	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic	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.
Antiretinotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiseptic	8	Martindale's 28th
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmodic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	1	Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Antistress	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisyndrome-X	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antithromboxane	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
AntiTNF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	2	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.
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *