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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Schisandra chinensis (Schisandraceae)

Common Names
Chinese Magnolia Vine; Schizandra; Wu Wei Zu; Wu Wei Zi; Magnolia Vine; Five-Flavor-Fruit
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
SCHIZANDROL-B 1 Fruit *
SCHIZANDROL-B 1 Seed *
SCHIZANTHERIN-A 0 Fruit 40.0 *
SCHIZANTHERIN-A 0 Plant *
SCHIZANTHERIN-A 0 Seed *
SCHIZANTHERIN-B 0 Fruit 220.0 *
SCHIZANTHERIN-B 0 Plant *
SCHIZANTHERIN-B 0 Seed *
SELENIUM 60 Fruit 0.1 0.7 -0.21 *
SESQUICARENE 0 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SILICON 4 Fruit 0.5 3.4 -0.60 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 15.0 97.0 -0.17 *
SORBIC-ACID 7 Fruit *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
STEROIDS 0 Seed 1000.0 -1.00 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SUGARS 0 Fruit 18000.0 120000.0 -0.39 *
SYRINGIN 9 Leaf *
TANNIN 35 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Fruit 5000.0 33333.0 -0.06 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antispare-Tire 1 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
Antispasmodic 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistress 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 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
Antisyndrome-X 6 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
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitubercular 2 *
Antitumor 9 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (brain) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 3 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 3 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 *