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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
Immunosuppressant 2 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *
Inotropic 1 *
Insecticide 1 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Insectifuge 1 Martindale's 28th
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 2 *
Juvabional 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Keratitigenic 1 Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Larvistat 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 3 *
Leptingenic 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
Leucocytogenic 1 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.