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
QUERCETIN 176 Plant *
QUERCETIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
QUERCITRIN 44 Plant *
RHAMNAZIN 0 Plant 1100.0 *
RHAMNESIN 0 Plant *
RUTIN 87 Leaf 25000.0 30000.0 0.86 *
SITOSTEROL 0 Plant *
TANNIC-ACID 41 Plant *
TANNIN 35 Plant 35000.0 -0.71 *
TERPINEOL 18 Essential Oil *
VALERIANIC-ACID 1 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hyperthermic 1 (View) HerbalGram No. 22 - Spring 1990, page 45.
Hypocholesterolemic 2 (View) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hypoglycemic 2 (View) Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypotensive 3 (View) *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Immunomodulator 2 (View) *
Immunostimulant 2 (View) McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Immunosuppressant 2 (View) *
Inhalant 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Inotropic 2 (View) *
Insect-Repellent 2 (View) *
Insecticide 4 (View) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge 7 (View) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 3 (View) J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 7 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
JNK-Inhibitor 1 (View) *