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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Rumex acetosa (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Garden Sorrel
How this plant is used
Food

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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
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Leaf 435.0 4350.0 -0.49 *
ANTHRACENE 0 Rhizome *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 630.0 12400.0 0.71 *
ASH 0 Leaf 11000.0 110000.0 -0.16 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 77.0 1100.0 3.65 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 430.0 4300.0 -0.97 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 26000.0 560000.0 -0.41 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID 6 Root *
CHRYSOPHANIN 0 Root *
CHRYSOPHANOL 10 Plant *
CHRYSOPHANOL-ANTHRONE 0 Plant *
COPPER 12 Leaf 3.0 30.0 0.06 *
EMODIN 58 Plant *
FAT 0 Fruit 47000.0 -0.28 *
FAT 0 Leaf 3000.0 50000.0 -0.13 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 8000.0 80000.0 -1.01 *
HYPERIN 14 Leaf 370.0 -1.00 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf 500.0 -0.64 *
IODINE 12 Leaf 0.1 2.0 1.77 *
IRON 6 Leaf 16.0 160.0 -0.52 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antispasmodic 8 *
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antisprout 1 *
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistreptococcic 1 *
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 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
Antisunburn 1 *
Antisyndrome-X 4 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
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 *
Antithrombogenic 1 *
Antithyroid 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antithyrotoxic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 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
Antitrypanosomic 2 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitumor 4 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 *