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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
CALCIUM 28 Rhizome 15300.0 1.82 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.
CALCIUM 28 Root 3370.0 -0.44 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 735000.0 -1.22 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHROMIUM 24 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID 6 Root *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID-ANTHRONE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID-ANTHRONE 0 Root *
CHRYSOPHANOL 10 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CHRYSOPHANOL-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CITREOROSEIN 0 Tuber *
COBALT 2 Root 145.0 2.60 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
COPPER 12 Rhizome 5.0 -1.24 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.
CYANIDINS 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
D-CATECHIN 4 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
D-EPICATECHIN 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Tuber *
DIGITOLUTEIN 2 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
DIGITOLUTEIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
EMODIN 58 Bulb *
EMODIN 58 Leaf *
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