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
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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Immunosuppressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Lymphocytogenic	1	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.