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
Antiinflammatory	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiischemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	2	Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antileukotriene	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilipoperoxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	2	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimelanomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	5	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antimyocarditic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinephritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antinitrosaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antioncychomycotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiophidic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiosteotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antioxidant	9	Duke, 1992 *