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
GLUCOSE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISODRIMENINOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISODRIMENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPOLYGODIAL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOTADEONAL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MELISSIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PERSICARIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PERSICARIN-7-METHYL-ETHER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHELLANDRENE	4	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLIGONONE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYGODIAL	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYGONAL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYGONOLIDE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-CHLORIDE	0	Plant	not available	26000.0	0.93	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-NITRATE	0	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
Juvabional	3	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Larvicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat	2	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	1	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 29th
Mutagenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *