Plant Polygonum aviculare (Polygonaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Prostrate Knotweed

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
AVICULARIN	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN	43	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPERIN	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN	34	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXYMETHYLANTHRAQUINONE	0	Leaf	not available	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXYMETHYLANTHRAQUINONE	0	Root	not available	3500.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
OXYMETHYLANTHRAQUINONE	0	Stem	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYGONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-ARABINOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIC-ACID	41	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	7	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	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	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 333.
Antiaging	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialcoholic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiallergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antialzheimeran	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianacarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1	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	Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *