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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Trichomonicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	10	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.