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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Rehmannia glutinosa (Scrophulariaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Foxglove
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
VERBASCOSE 1 Root 27000.0 46000.0 *
ZINC 77 Root 14.0 -0.45 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiepileptic 4 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic 1 *
Antifibrotic 1 *
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigastritic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antihangover 1 *
Antihepatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiherpetic 1 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiHIV 1 *
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th