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

Plant Polygonum aviculare (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Prostrate Knotweed
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
AVICULARIN 7 Plant *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant *
CATECHIN 43 Plant *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Plant *
HYPERIN 14 Plant *
MYRICETIN 34 Plant *
OXYMETHYLANTHRAQUINONE 0 Leaf 1500.0 *
OXYMETHYLANTHRAQUINONE 0 Root 3500.0 1.00 *
OXYMETHYLANTHRAQUINONE 0 Stem 2000.0 *
POLYGONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant *
QUERCETIN-3-ARABINOSIDE 0 Plant *
QUERCITRIN 44 Plant *
RUTIN 87 Plant *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Plant *
TANNIC-ACID 41 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 7 (View) Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 5 (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 3 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 3 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 333.
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antialcoholic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiallergenic 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 2 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) *
Antianacarditic 1 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antiapoplectic 1 (View) *