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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 Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
IRON 6 Root not available 156.0 -0.22 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
KILOCALORIES 0 Root not available 3200.0 -0.37 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LECITHIN 20 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MAGNESIUM 65 Rhizome not available 890.0 -0.78 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.
MAGNESIUM 65 Root not available 2340.0 -0.12 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MANGANESE 14 Plant not available 18.5 -0.56 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
MANGANESE 14 Rhizome not available 26.0 -0.66 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.
MANGANESE 14 Root not available 21.0 -0.30 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
N-TRANS-FERULYL-3-METHYL-DOPAMINE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-FERULYL-3-METHYL-TYRAMINE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOLIPIDS 0 Plant not available 34900.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root not available 1040.0 -0.44 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
PHYSCION 5 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION 5 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PHYSCION 5 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION 5 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION 5 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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