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Plant Rehmannia glutinosa (Scrophulariaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Foxglove
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
MAGNESIUM 65 Root not available 1190.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root not available 24.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
MANNINOTRIOSE 0 Root 10000.0 56000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL 18 Root 10000.0 74000.0 1.09 Duke, 1992 *
MELITTOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Root not available 1000.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Plant 1000.0 6000.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORIC-ACID 4 Root 11000.0 21000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root not available 9730.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Root 3000.0 4000.0 1.37 Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE 1 Root 36000.0 87000.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
REHMAGLUTINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
REHMANNIOSIDES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Root 1000.0 9000.0 3.17 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Root not available 626.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE 1 Root 321000.0 649000.0 1.03 Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Root 28000.0 81000.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Root 1000.0 16000.0 3.68 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Root 1000.0 3000.0 1.60 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Root 1000.0 7000.0 1.70 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antimetastatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinociceptive 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiosteoporotic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 8 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.