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
Antiproliferant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiproteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	5	Planta Medica, 56(6): 695, 1990.
Antirenitic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	11	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antiserotonin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	1	Duke, 1992 *