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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Isatis tinctoria (Brassicaceae)

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 Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-SULFO-3-INDOLYLMETHYLGLUCOSINOLATE 0 Plant *
3-BUTENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 1 Root *
ARSENIC 2 Root 132.0 5.38 *
BETA-GALACTAN 0 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Root 16300.0 0.97 *
CICEROSE 0 Plant *
COPPER 12 Root 10.0 -0.19 *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed 26460.0 80640.0 0.04 *
FAT 0 Seed 126000.0 384000.0 0.62 *
GAMMA-GALACTAN 0 Plant *
INDICAN 1 Root *
IRON 6 Root 150.0 -0.22 *
ISATAN 0 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 23940.0 72960.0 -0.29 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil 30240.0 92160.0 -0.67 *
LUPEOSE 0 Plant *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 4410.0 0.98 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 181.0 1.62 *
MANNEOTETROSE 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Allelochemic 1 (View) 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) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne 2 (View) *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiaflatoxin 2 (View) *
Antiaggregant 3 (View) *
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.