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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

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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
EMODIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Root not available not available not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available 122000.0 0.75 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Root not available 122000.0 0.32 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Root not available 274000.0 -1.36 Duke, 1992 *
FRANGULIN-A 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOFRANGULIN-B 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil not available 111000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Root 20.0 76.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Shoot 210.0 2840.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
LAPATINIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available 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 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
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 3 Duke, 1992 *
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