Plant Schisandra chinensis (Schisandraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
IRON	6	Fruit	5.0	35.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCHISANDROLIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCHIZANDRIN	1	Fruit	not available	12.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-RUTINOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	0.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	not available	4020.0	0.55	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
L-MALIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	140.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNAN	0	Hull Husk	7000.0	57000.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LIGNAN	0	Petiole	7000.0	57000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNAN	0	Seed	not available	80000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNANS	10	Fruit	3000.0	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNANS	10	Seed	80000.0	190000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNANS	10	Stem	not available	100000.0	not available	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88.
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
M-SCHIZANDRIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	414.0	2760.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Fruit	5000.0	33333.0	1.22	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	0.6	3.7	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
MESO-DIHYDROGUAIARETIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	27.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antieczemic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	6	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.