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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Salvia miltiorrhiza (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Dan-Shen, Red Sage, Tan-Shen
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
ARSENIC 2 Root 0.3 -0.19 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
CALCIUM 28 Root 2780.0 -0.51 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
COPPER 12 Root 8.0 -0.41 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
CRYPTOTANSHINONE 11 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DANSHENSPIROKETALLACTONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
HYDROXYTANSHINONE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
IRON 6 Root 230.0 -0.11 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
ISOCRYPTOTANSHINONE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ISOTANSHINONE-I 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ISOTANSHINONE-II 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ISOTANSHINONE-III 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 3230.0 0.36 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
MANGANESE 14 Root 23.0 -0.27 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
METHYL-TANSHINONATE 1 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
METHYL-TANSHINONE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MILTIRONE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
POTASSIUM 14 Root 11700.0 -0.30 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
SALVIANOLIC-ACID-A 6 Root Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SALVIOL 3 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SODIUM 1 Root 70.0 -0.48 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
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