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

Plant Polygonum hydropiper (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Common Smartweed
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
1,4-CINEOLE 0 Essential Oil *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil *
BALDRIANIC-ACID 0 Plant *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
BORNEOL 35 Essential Oil *
BORNYL-ACETATE 12 Essential Oil *
CAMPHOR 41 Essential Oil *
CAPRIONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
CARVONE 19 Essential Oil *
CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Essential Oil *
CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL 3 Essential Oil *
CONFERTIFLORIN 2 Plant *
CONFERTIFOLIN 0 Seed *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Plant *
FENCHONE 6 Essential Oil *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Plant *
FRUCTOSE 8 Plant *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 2 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
Allelochemic 4 (View) *
Allelopathic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 6 (View) *
Analgesic 5 (View) *
Anesthetic 2 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacetylcholine 1 (View) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 (View) *