Plant Rumex crispus (Polygonaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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.
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
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2-DIACETIN	0	Essential Oil	not available	226000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-DIHYDROXY-3-METHYL-9-ANTHRONE	0	Root	not available	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Root	100.0	390.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRAQUINONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRAQUINONE-GLYCOSIDES	0	Root	30000.0	40000.0	not available	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	not available	20000.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
AVICULARIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	150.0	10000.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	2570.0	10000.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-ACETATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-MALEATE	0	Leaf	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
AGEs-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	7	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	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	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *