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Botanical Name |
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Rumex acetosa L. |
English
Name |
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Common sorrel, Garden sorrel, Acid sorrel, Bread-and-cheese, Brown sugar, Cock sorrel, Cuckoo's mest, Cuckoo's sorrel, Cuckoo's sorrow, Dock, Dock seed, Donkey's oats, Field sorrel, Gipsy's baccy, Green sauce, Green snob, Green sorrel, Lammie sourocks, Lonondon green suce, Redshank, Sallet, Soldiers, Soorik, Sor saps, Sor sog, Sorrel, Sorrow, Sour dock, Sour dock, Sour docken, Sour grab, Sour grass, Sour leaves, Sour sab, Sour salves, Sour sauce, Sour sodge, Sour sops, Sour suds, Sourlick, Sourock, Sow-sorrel, spinach dock, Tom Thumb's thousand fingers. |
Synonym(s) |
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Rumex acetosella sensu Pham Hoang Ho |
Family |
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Polygonaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A dioecious, perennial herb, 30—80 cm tall, stem sometimes branched, tinged red, roots thick and long. Basal leaves sagittate, lobes directed backward, 3—11 cm x 0.5—3.5 cm, cauline leaves few. Inflorescence a narrow, loose panicle; male flowers with all perianth segments alike, 2—3 mm long, female flowers with outer perianth segments 1 mm long, reflexed, inner segments pinkish-red, orbicular-cordate, 3—5 mm long, tubercled at base. Nutlet ellipsoid. |
| Herb Effects |
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Depurative and stomachic (plant); astringent, diuretic, laxative and refrigerant (fresh or dried leaves); astringent, diuretic and haemostatic (infusion of root). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Chrysophanol, emodin (plant); alpha-linolenic acid, ascorbic acid, beta-carotene, hyperin, hyperoside, niacin, oxalic acid, riboflavin, rutin, tartaric acid, thiamin, vitexin (leaf); chrysophanic acid (root); quercetin (fruit) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Chrysophanol |
481-74-3 |
1,8-dihydroxy-3-meth
yl-anthracene-9,10-d
ione |
C15H10O4 |
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| Emodin |
Not Available |
1,3,8-trihydroxy-6-m
ethyl-anthracene-9,1
0-dione |
C15H10O5 |
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| alpha-Linolenic acid |
94138-91-7 |
octadeca-9,12,15-tri
enoic acid |
C18H30O2 |
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| Ascorbic acid |
Not Available |
2-(1,2-dihydroxyethy
l)-4,5-dihydroxy-fur
an-3-one |
C6H8O6 |
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| Beta-carotene |
Not Available |
3,7,12,16-tetramethy
l-1,18-bis(2,6,6-tri
methyl-1-cyclohexeny
l)-octadec
a-1,3,5,
7,9,11,13,15,17-nona
ene |
C40H56 |
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| Hyperin |
482-36-0 |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
(hydroxyme
thyl)oxa
n-2-yl]oxy-chromen-7
-one |
C21H20O12 |
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| Hyperoside |
482-36-0 |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
(hydroxyme
thyl)oxa
n-2-yl]oxy-chromen-7
-one |
C21H20O12 |
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| Niacin |
99148-57-9 |
Pyridine-3-carboxyli
c acid |
C6H5NO2 |
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| Oxalic acid |
553-91-3 |
Oxalic acid |
C2H2O4 |
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| Riboflavin |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C17H21N4O9P |
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| Rutin |
Not Available |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
[(3,4,5-tr
ihydroxy
-6-methyl-tetrahydro
pyran-2-yl)oxymethyl
]tetrahydropyran-2-y
l]
oxy-chromen-7-on
e trihydrate |
C27H36O19 |
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| Tartaric acid |
526-83-0 |
2,3-dihydroxybutaned
ioic acid |
C4H6O6 |
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| Thiamin |
59-43-8 |
2-[3-[(4-amino-2-met
hyl-pyrimidin-5-yl)m
ethyl]-4-methyl-1-th
ia-3-azoni
acyclope
nta-2,4-dien-5-yl]et
hanol |
C12H17N4OS+ |
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| Vitexin |
521-33-5 |
4,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-h
ydroxyphenyl)-8-[3,4
,5-trihydroxy-6-(hyd
roxymethyl
)oxan-2-
yl]-chromen-5-one |
C21H20O10 |
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| Chrysophanic acid |
Not Available |
1,8-dihydroxy-3-meth
yl-anthracene-9,10-d
ione |
C15H10O4 |
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| Quercetin |
Not Available |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4,5-trihydroxy
-chromen-7-one |
C15H10O7 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Used in local medicine for the treatment of constipation, scurvy, furuncles and ringworm, and used to make a cooling drink in the treatment of fevers (leaves); used in the treatment of jaundice, gravel and kidney stones (infusion of roots); to stop haemorrhages (roots and seeds); applied to set dislocated bones (paste of roots); in the treatment of spasms and skin ailments (plant). |
| Contraindication |
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People with a tendency to rheumatism, arthritis, gout, kidney stones or hyperacidity should take especial caution if including this plant in their diet since it can aggravate their condition. |
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