Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Rumex crispus (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Curly Dock, Lengua De Vaca, Yellow Dock, Sour Dock
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Plant *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Plant *
1,2-DIACETIN 0 Essential Oil 226000.0 *
1,8-DIHYDROXY-3-METHYL-9-ANTHRONE 0 Root 3000.0 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 100.0 390.0 -0.10 *
ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Plant *
ANTHRAQUINONE-GLYCOSIDES 0 Root 30000.0 40000.0 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ANTHRAQUINONES 6 Root 20000.0 -0.31 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 300.0 4054.0 -0.07 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 1042.0 4054.0 1.67 *
ASH 0 Leaf 15000.0 202703.0 1.48 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASH 0 Root 39321.0 153000.0 2.44 *
AVICULARIN 7 Leaf *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 10.4 140.0 -0.53 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 58.0 225.0 1.00 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 150.0 10000.0 -0.58 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 2570.0 10000.0 0.28 *
CALCIUM-ACETATE 0 Leaf *
CALCIUM-MALEATE 0 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
AGEs-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 7 (View) Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 4 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 4 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 6 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anorexic 2 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *