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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	460.0	4600.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Leaf	6.0	60.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	5.0	50.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Leaf	not available	3000.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
OXYMETHYLANTHRAQUINONE	0	Rhizome	not available	10500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSOHORUS	0	Leaf	410.0	4400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	3380.0	40000.0	0.43	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-BINOXYLATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	26000.0	260000.0	0.48	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	2.2	22.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Leaf	not available	12800.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	50.0	500.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	0	Fruit	not available	50000.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	0	Root	27800.0	226600.0	0.74	Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	0.8	9.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	900000.0	0.46	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.