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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
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 *
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
AntiRaynaud's 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiseptic 5 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmodic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antisprout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 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
Antitachycardic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antithrombogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic 1 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitumor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *