Plant Rhodymenia palmata | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Dulse

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
ALPHA-CAROTENE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Plant	not available	615.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Plant	not available	33.0	1.32	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	not available	120.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	not available	182000.0	1.10	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	not available	6320.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Plant	not available	27.0	1.65	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Plant	not available	150.0	4.42	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Plant	not available	792.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Plant	not available	3.5	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Plant	not available	5930.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Plant	not available	37.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Plant	not available	26.0	0.96	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	not available	3860.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	not available	22700.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Copper-Antagonist	1	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
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Depressant	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Fungicide	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *