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

Common Names

Common Smartweed

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
1,4-CINEOLE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BALDRIANIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRIONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE	19	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL	3	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CONFERTIFLORIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CONFERTIFOLIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FENCHONE	6	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	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
(-)-Chronotropic	2	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	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	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	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	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholine	1	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	Duke, 1992 *