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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Polygonum multiflorum (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Cornbind, Fleeceflower, Fo Ti, He Shou Wu, Chinese Knotweed
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2,3,5,4'-TETRAHYDROXYSTILBENE-2-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant 12000.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
2,3,5,4'-TETRAHYDROXYSTILBENE-2-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
2-3-4'-5-TETRAHYDROXYSTILBENE 0 Plant *
2-ACETYL-EMODIN 0 Tuber *
3,3'-DI-O-GALLOYLPROCYANIDIN-B-2 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
3-O-GALLOYL-L-CATECHIN 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
3-O-GALLOYL-L-EPICATECHIN 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
3-O-GALLOYL-PROCYANIDIN-B-1 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
6-ACETYL-2-METHOXY-7-METHYL-JUGLONE 0 Tuber *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 152.0 -0.23 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ANTHRAQUINONES 6 Root 11000.0 -0.81 *
ARSENIC 2 Rhizome 0.1 -0.37 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASH 0 Root 70000.0 0.07 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 2.4 -0.42 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Rhizome *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Shoot *
BISADE 0 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 2225.0 -1.22 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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