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.
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 *

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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
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCrohn's	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticystitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidementia	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidermatitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidiabetic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.