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
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)

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antihypertensive	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimpotence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *