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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
(+)-DEOXYSCHIZANDRIN 0 Fruit not available 548.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GOMISIN-K-2 0 Fruit not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-GOMISIN-K-1 0 Fruit not available 63.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(DL)-GAMMA-SCHIZANDRIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-BENZOYLGOMISIN-I 0 Fruit not available 3.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CHAMIGRENE 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.
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit not available 174.0 -0.17 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ANGELOYLGOMISIN-H 0 Fruit 65.0 310.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELOYLGOMISIN-O 0 Fruit not available 10.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELOYLGOMISIN-P 0 Fruit not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELOYLGOMISIN-Q 0 Fruit not available 47.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELOYLISOGOMISIN-O 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ARGOLIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ARSENIC 2 Fruit not available 0.2 -0.31 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 153.0 1022.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 6900.0 46000.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
BENZOYLGOMISIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOYLGOMISIN-H 0 Fruit 20.0 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOYLISOGOMISIN-O 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-2-BISABOLENE 0 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.
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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
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *