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Common Names
Sheep Sorrel
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Purgative | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pyrogenic | 1 | Conradson, T. B. G., Dixon, C. M. S., Clarke, B., Barnes, P. J. 1987. Cardiovascular Effects of Infused Adenosine in Man: Potentiation by Dipyridamole. Acta Physiol Scand, 129(3): 387-391. |
| Radioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Renotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Secretomotor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Sequestrant | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Styptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sunscreen | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termitifuge | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 2 | Muller, S. O., Eckert, I., Lutz, W. K., Stopper, H. 1996. Genotoxicity of the Laxative Drug Components Emodin, Aloe-emodin and Danthron in Mammalian Cells: Topoisomerase II Mediated? Mutat Res, 371: 165-173. |
| Toxic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Trichomonicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uricosuric | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |