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Plant Scrophularia buergeriana (Scrophulariaceae)

Common Names
Hsuan-Shen; Yuan-Shen
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
8-(O-METHYL-P-COUMAROYL)-HARPAGIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Root not available 0.1 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root not available 2670.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Root 5.0 6.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGIDE 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGOSIDE 6 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Root not available 140.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root not available 2060.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root not available 18.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
OLIGOSACCHARIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXY-CINNAMIC-ACID 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root not available 14500.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Root not available 96.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Root not available 13.0 -0.49 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
AntiPMS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiRaynaud's 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antirheumatic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiseptic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antispare-Tire 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antispasmodic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistress 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antistroke 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antisyndrome-X 3 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiulcer 1 Martindale's 28th
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.