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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
Antifibromyalgic 1 (View) *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 (View) *
Antifibrotic 1 (View) *
Antiflu 1 (View) Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antifuruncular 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antigastric 1 (View) Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastrotic 1 (View) *
Antigingivitic 1 (View) *
Antiglaucomic 1 (View) *
Antigonadotropic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigranular 1 (View) *
AntiGTF 1 (View) *
Antihangover 1 (View) *
Antihepatotoxic 1 (View) Joyeux, M., Rolland, A., Fleurentin, J., Mortier, F., and Dorfman, P. 1989. Tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide-Induced Injury in Isolated Rat Hepatocytes: A Model for Studying Anti-Hepatotoxic Crude Drugs. Planta Medica 56(2): 171-173, 1990.
Antiherpetic 2 (View) *
Antiherpetic? 1 (View) *
Antihistaminic 3 (View) Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
AntiHIV 2 (View) *
Antihydrophobic 1 (View) Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperkinetic 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.