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
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 *

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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
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 *