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Plant 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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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
GOMISIN-C 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
GOMISIN-D 0 Fruit 157.0 160.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GOMISIN-E 2 Fruit not available 67.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GOMISIN-F 0 Fruit not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GOMISIN-G 1 Fruit not available 160.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GOMISIN-H 1 Fruit not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GOMISIN-J 1 Fruit 230.0 380.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GOMISIN-K-1 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
GOMISIN-K-2 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
GOMISIN-K-3 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
GOMISIN-L-1 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
GOMISIN-L-1-METHYL-ETHER 0 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.
GOMISIN-L-2 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
GOMISIN-M-1 0 Fruit not available 12.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GOMISIN-M-2 0 Fruit not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GOMISIN-N 1 Fruit 59.0 3100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GOMISIN-O 0 Fruit not available 23.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GOMISIN-R 0 Fruit not available 10.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GOMISIN-S 0 Fruit not available 10.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GOMISIN-T 0 Fruit not available 2.4 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
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery 2 Merck 11th Edition
Pesticide 14 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostatitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Sedative 2 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Sequestrant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).