Plant Isatis tinctoria (Brassicaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Dyer's Woad

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1-SULFO-3-INDOLYLMETHYLGLUCOSINOLATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-BUTENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Root	not available	132.0	5.38	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GALACTAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	not available	16300.0	0.97	Duke, 1992 *
CICEROSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	not available	10.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Seed	26460.0	80640.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	126000.0	384000.0	0.62	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-GALACTAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDICAN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	not available	150.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ISATAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	23940.0	72960.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	30240.0	92160.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	not available	4410.0	0.98	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	not available	181.0	1.62	Duke, 1992 *
MANNEOTETROSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for 11B-HSD-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for ACE-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	1 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic)	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	2 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	2 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anemiagenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1 (View Chemicals list for Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker)	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic)	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne	2 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacrodermatitic)	Martindale's 29th
Antiaflatoxin	2 (View Chemicals list for Antiaflatoxin)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	3 (View Chemicals list for Antiaggregant)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaging)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiakathisic)	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3 (View Chemicals list for Antialcoholic)	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.