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Plant Rumex crispus (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Curly Dock; Lengua De Vaca; Yellow Dock; Sour Dock
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
(+)-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 *