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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.
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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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Antidiscotic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidiscotic) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Aluminum) 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidote (Aluminum)) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Cadmium) 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidote (Cadmium)) Let's Live, May 1989.
Antidote (Lead) 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidote (Lead)) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidysgeuzic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidysgeuzic) Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidyskinetic) Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidysmenorrheic) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antieczemic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antieczemic) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antielastase 1 (View Chemicals list for Antielastase) Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiencephalitic) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antiencephalopathic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiencephalopathic) Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiendometriotic) Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antienterotic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 3 (View Chemicals list for Antiepileptic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiescherichic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiestrogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 3 (View Chemicals list for Antifatigue) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 2 (View Chemicals list for Antifeedant) 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.
Antifertility 1 (View Chemicals list for Antifertility) Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.
Antifibrinolytic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antifibrinolytic) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.