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Plant Isatis tinctoria (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Dyer's Woad
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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 5 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Collagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 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
Copper-Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *