Plant Rumex acetosa (Polygonaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Garden Sorrel

How this plant is used

Food

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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-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Leaf	435.0	4350.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRACENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	630.0	12400.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	11000.0	110000.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	77.0	1100.0	3.65	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	430.0	4300.0	-0.97	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	26000.0	560000.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANOL	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANOL-ANTHRONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Leaf	3.0	30.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	not available	47000.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	3000.0	50000.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	8000.0	80000.0	-1.01	Duke, 1992 *
HYPERIN	14	Leaf	not available	370.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Leaf	not available	500.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Leaf	0.1	2.0	1.77	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	16.0	160.0	-0.52	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
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Genotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Goitrogenic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Gonadotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hepatomagenic	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	5	Mayumi Ito (nee Someya), et al. 1990. Hepatoprotective Compounds from Canarium album and Euphorbia nematocypha. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2201-2203, 1990.
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor	1	Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	7	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	11	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	5	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	5	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.