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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHIZANDROL-B | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCHIZANDROL-B | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCHIZANTHERIN-A | 0 | Fruit | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCHIZANTHERIN-A | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCHIZANTHERIN-A | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCHIZANTHERIN-B | 0 | Fruit | not available | 220.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCHIZANTHERIN-B | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCHIZANTHERIN-B | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Fruit | 0.1 | 0.7 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SESQUICARENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| SILICON | 4 | Fruit | 0.5 | 3.4 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 15.0 | 97.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SORBIC-ACID | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| STEROIDS | 0 | Seed | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGIN | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | 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. |
| TARTARIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | 5000.0 | 33333.0 | -0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARTARIC-ACID | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| 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 * |