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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRON | 6 | Fruit | 5.0 | 35.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOSCHISANDROLIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOSCHIZANDRIN | 1 | Fruit | not available | 12.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 0.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Fruit | not available | 4020.0 | 0.55 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| L-MALIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | 140.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIGNAN | 0 | Hull Husk | 7000.0 | 57000.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| LIGNAN | 0 | Petiole | 7000.0 | 57000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIGNAN | 0 | Seed | not available | 80000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIGNANS | 10 | Fruit | 3000.0 | 20000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIGNANS | 10 | Seed | 80000.0 | 190000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIGNANS | 10 | Stem | not available | 100000.0 | not available | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88. |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| M-SCHIZANDRIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Fruit | 414.0 | 2760.0 | 0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Fruit | 5000.0 | 33333.0 | 1.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | 0.6 | 3.7 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MESO-DIHYDROGUAIARETIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | 27.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Chemopreventive | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Choleretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Circulotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Depressant | 1 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
| Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Collagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Colorant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Contraceptive | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Copper-Antagonist | 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 |
| Cosmetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Depressant | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Disinfectant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Diuretic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |