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Common Names
Orris
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 * |
| 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 * |