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Acorus calamus

Both roots and leaves of Acorus calamus have shown antioxidant, antimicrobial and insecticidal activities. Sweet flag has a very long history of medicinal use in Chinese and Indian herbal traditions. The leaves, stems, and roots are used in various Siddha and Ayurvedic medicines. It is widely employed in modern herbal medicine for its sedative, laxative, diuretic, and carminative properties. It is used in Ayurveda to counter the side effects of all hallucinogens.
Acorus calamus shows neuroprotective effect against stroke and chemically induced neurodegeneration in rats. Specifically, it has protective effect against acrylamide-induced neurotoxicity.
Acorus calamus may prove to be an effective control measure against cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus. A recent study showed that beta-asarone isolated from Acorus calamus oil inhibits adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 cells and thus reduces lipid accumulation in fat cells.

Acorus calamus
Research products of Acorus calamus
Catalog Product Name CAS Number Manual
CFN99346Tatarinoid A1229005-35-9  PDF
CFN98079Shyobunone21698-44-2  PDF
CFN98278Isocalamendiol25330-21-6  PDF
CFN98286Preisocalamendiol25645-19-6  PDF
CFN9714610(14)-Cadinene-4,5-diol672336-50-4  n/a
CFN97279gamma-Diasarone80434-33-9  n/a
CFN973014(15),5,10(14)-Germacratrien-1-ol81968-62-9  n/a
CFN97477Chrysothol911714-91-5  n/a
CFN975141,3,5-Cadinatriene-3,8-diol941227-27-6  n/a
CFN97574Bullatantriol99933-32-1  n/a
CFN927906(1H)-Azulenone, 2,3-dihydro-1,4-dimethyl71305-89-0  n/a
CFN9676710-O-Acetylisocalamendiol1432064-69-1  n/a
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