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

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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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
WUWEIZISU-A	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
WUWEIZISU-A	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WUWEIZISU-B	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
WUWEIZISU-B	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WUWEIZISU-C	1	Fruit	10.0	720.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WUWEIZISU-C	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	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
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-3-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cathartic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *