Common Names
Hsuan-Shen; Yuan-Shen
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Select a Results View:
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Anxiolytic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Astringent | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Beta-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Calcium-Antagonist | 3 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cardioprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
CNS-Depressant | 1 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
Collagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Contraceptive | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Copper-Antagonist | 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 |
Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Diuretic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Flatugenic | 1 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
Fungicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hemolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hyperglycemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |