Plant Rumex acetosella (Polygonaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Sheep Sorrel

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
ADENOSINE	28	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRAQUINONES	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	500.0	12000.0	0.67	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Shoot	not available	81000.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
AUXIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXIDE	0	Shoot	not available	16200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN-TANNIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHALCONES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANOL	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMARINS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYTOKININ	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	17000.0	36000.0	-1.21	Duke, 1992 *
FLOROGLUCOTANNOID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPERIN	14	Shoot	not available	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPENTENYL-ADENINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM-OXIDES	0	Shoot	not available	10850.0	not available	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
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidifier	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Additive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
AGEs-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	1	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	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	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
Antiaggregant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *