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
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Cytoprotective 1 (View) *
Cytotoxic 5 (View) Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 359.
Decongestant 1 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Demulcent 1 (View) *
Detoxicant 3 (View) Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Diaphoretic? 2 (View) Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 (View) *
Diuretic 2 (View) *
Dye 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Ecbolic 1 (View) *
Emetic 2 (View) *
Epileptigenic 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.
Estrogenic 2 (View) Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Estrogenic? 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 5 (View) Martindale's 29th
FEMA 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry