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
IRILONE-4'-GLUCOSIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRISOLIDONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRISOLONE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRISOLONE-4'-BIOSIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRISTECTOGENIN-B	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ALCOHOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CAPRATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CAPRYLATE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-LAURATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-LINOLEATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-MYRISTATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OLEATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PALMITATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PELARGONATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-STEARATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Rhizome	850.0	17000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
N-DECYLALDEHYDE	0	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
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Cancer-Preventive	8	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	6	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic?	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	1	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cathartic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cholinergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	1	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.