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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | 9.0 | 61.0 | -0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CHAMIGRENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CHAMIGRENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CHAMIGRENOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 864.0 | 5760.0 | 0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | not available | 709000.0 | -0.40 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CARBOXYLIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88. |
| CHAMIGRENAL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Fruit | 0.3 | 1.8 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Fruit | 5000.0 | 33333.0 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Fruit | 2.0 | 10.4 | 0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Fruit | 5.0 | 11.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| DEANGELOYLGOMISIN-B | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEOXYGOMISIN-A | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEOXYGOMOSIN-A | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| DEOXYSCHIZANDRIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | 10.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Estrogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 7 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glaucomagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathione-Depleting | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemopoietic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |