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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SCHIZANDROL-B 1 Fruit *
SCHIZANDROL-B 1 Seed *
SCHIZANTHERIN-A 0 Fruit 40.0 *
SCHIZANTHERIN-A 0 Plant *
SCHIZANTHERIN-A 0 Seed *
SCHIZANTHERIN-B 0 Fruit 220.0 *
SCHIZANTHERIN-B 0 Plant *
SCHIZANTHERIN-B 0 Seed *
SELENIUM 60 Fruit 0.1 0.7 -0.21 *
SESQUICARENE 0 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SILICON 4 Fruit 0.5 3.4 -0.60 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 15.0 97.0 -0.17 *
SORBIC-ACID 7 Fruit *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
STEROIDS 0 Seed 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 *
SYRINGIN 9 Leaf *
TANNIN 35 Fruit 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 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 1 *
Perfumery 2 Merck 11th Edition
Pesticide 14 *
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 *
Prooxidant 2 *
Propecic 2 *
Prostaglandigenic 1 *
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 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 *
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).