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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antidecubitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidementia | 2 | Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp. |
| Antidepressant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidermatitic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Antidiabetic | 2 | Jin, G-Z., Yamagata, Y., and Tomita, K.-i. 1989. Structure of Rutin Pentamethanol. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(2): 297-300, 1990. |
| Antidiarrheic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiuretic | 1 | LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp. |
| Antidote (Aluminum) | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antidote (Cadmium) | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Lead) | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Paraquat) | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysenteric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antieczemic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiedemic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiencephalitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiendometriotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiendotoxic | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Antierythemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifatigue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifeedant | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |