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
Antibronchitic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 5 (View) *
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 (View) Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 (View) Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Esophagus) 1 (View) Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Mouth) 1 (View) Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 (View) Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinomic 1 (View) *
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 (View) Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 4 (View) *
Anticataract 4 (View) Shimizu, M., Horie, S., Terashima, S., Ueno, H., et al. 1989. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Natural Products.II. Active Components of a Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Para-parai mi,' Phyllanthus niruri. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(9): 2531-2532, 1989.
Anticholinesterase 1 (View) L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticlastogen 1 (View) *
Anticolitic 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 1 (View) *
Anticonvulsant 1 (View) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
AntiCrohn's 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCVI 1 (View) *
Anticystitic 1 (View) *
Antidecubitic 1 (View) *