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

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

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
EMODIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
EMODIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
EMODIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Stem *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FAT 0 Leaf 3000.0 40540.0 -0.32 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FAT 0 Root 10537.0 41000.0 0.60 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 9000.0 121612.0 -0.49 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FIBER 15 Root 122000.0 0.75 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Root 122000.0 0.32 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Root 274000.0 -1.36 *
FRANGULIN-A 0 Root *
GALACTOSE 1 Leaf *
GLUCOFRANGULIN-B 0 Root *
GLUCOSE 7 Leaf *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil 111000.0 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf *
IRON 6 Root 20.0 76.0 -0.33 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Shoot 210.0 2840.0 0.01 *
LAPATINIC-ACID 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 822.0 3200.0 0.34 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiacne 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 1 *
AntiAGE 2 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
Antiaggregant 8 *
Antiaging 5 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 5 *
Antialopecic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 4 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.