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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
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.0 -0.68 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE 0 Fruit *
THYMOQUINOL-2-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit 3.3 *
THYMOQUINOL-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit 3.1 *
TIGLOYLGOMISIN-G 0 Fruit *
TIGLOYLGOMISIN-H 0 Fruit 10.0 140.0 *
TIGLOYLGOMISIN-P 0 Fruit 13.0 *
TIN 4 Fruit 940.0 3.31 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
TOCOPHEROLS 0 Seed 12.0 -0.72 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
WATER 0 Fruit 913000.0 0.62 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
WAX 0 Seed 5000.0 -1.18 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
WUEIZISU-C 0 Plant *
WUWEICHUN-A 0 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
WUWEICHUN-B 0 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
WUWEIZI-ESTER 0 Seed *
WUWEIZI-ESTER-A 0 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
WUWEIZI-ESTER-B 0 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
WUWEIZICHUN-B 1 Fruit *
WUWEIZICHUN-B 1 Plant *
WUWEIZICHUN-B 1 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Bacteristat 1 *
Barbituate-Synergist 1 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 7 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 10 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 Martindale's 28th
Carcinogenic 4 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 10 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Cardiovascular 1 *
Caspase-3-Inducer 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Cathartic 1 *
Chelator 1 *