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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
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 41000.0 554000.0 -0.46 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 142378.0 554000.0 -3.54 *
CATECHOL-TANNINS 0 Plant 50000.0 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.0 -0.56 *
CHRYSOPHANEIN 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID 6 Rhizome *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID 6 Root 67.0 12000.0 1.00 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID 6 Seed 280.0 -1.00 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID 6 Shoot 56.0 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID-9-ANTHRONE 2 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CHRYSOPHANIN 0 Root 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.
CHRYSOPHANOL 10 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
COBALT 2 Root 1.0 3.5 -0.47 *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant *
DODECAN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil 92000.0 *
EMODIN 58 Rhizome *
EMODIN 58 Root 150.0 2400.0 -0.69 *
EMODIN 58 Seed 164.0 -1.00 *
EMODIN 58 Shoot 38.0 *
EMODIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 10 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic 1 *
Antikeratitic 1 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antileishmanic 1 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 5 *
Antileukonychic 1 *
Antileukoplakic 1 *
Antileukotriene 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilipolytic 1 *
Antilipoperoxidant 3 *
Antilithic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th