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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Rumex acetosella (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Sheep Sorrel
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
ADENOSINE 28 Plant *
ANTHRAQUINONES 6 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 500.0 12000.0 0.67 *
ASH 0 Shoot 81000.0 -0.50 *
AUXIN 0 Plant *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant *
CALCIUM-OXIDE 0 Shoot 16200.0 *
CATECHIN-TANNIN 0 Plant *
CHALCONES 0 Plant *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID 6 Root *
CHRYSOPHANOL 10 Plant *
COUMARINS 0 Plant *
CYTOKININ 0 Plant *
EMODIN 58 Root *
FAT 0 Seed 17000.0 36000.0 -1.21 *
FLOROGLUCOTANNOID 0 Plant *
GIBBERELIN 0 Plant *
HYPERIN 14 Shoot 120.0 *
ISOPENTENYL-ADENINE 0 Plant *
MAGNESIUM-OXIDES 0 Shoot 10850.0 *

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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
Acidifier 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
AGEs-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 1 (View) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 1 (View) 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
Antiaggregant 4 (View) *
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 2 (View) *
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) *
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antiapoplectic 1 (View) *