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
Antistreptococcic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyncopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitonsilitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic	2	Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	5	Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antitussive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	6	Duke, 1992 *