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Plant Rhodymenia palmata

Common Names
Dulse
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
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 *
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
Nephrotoxic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Pesticide 7 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Previtamin-A 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Taenicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.