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Plant Rumex acetosella (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Sheep Sorrel
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
OXALIC-ACID 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS-OXIDES 0 Shoot not available 11260.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-BINOXALATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-OXALATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-OXIDES 0 Shoot not available 22925.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 56000.0 96000.0 -1.23 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Shoot not available 5300.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON-OXIDES 0 Shoot not available 9315.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Root 80000.0 140000.0 1.98 Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEATIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEATIN-RIBOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *