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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antifatigue 5 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 5 (View) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic 1 (View) *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 (View) *
Antifibrotic 3 (View) *
Antiflu 3 (View) Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Antifuruncular 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 (View) *
Antigastric 1 (View) Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic 1 (View) *
Antigingivitic 1 (View) *
Antiglaucomic 3 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 (View) *
Antigonadotrophic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigout 1 (View) *
AntiGTF 1 (View) *