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''''' Rumex acetosella''''', also known as '''sheep sorrel''', is a perennial herb, sometimes used as a salad green, and in herbal medicine. Depending on the specific cultivar, the leaves may contain enough [[oxalic acid]] to be toxic when eaten in large quantities. | ''''' Rumex acetosella''''', also known as '''sheep sorrel''', is a perennial herb, sometimes used as a salad green, and in herbal medicine. Depending on the specific cultivar, the leaves may contain enough [[oxalic acid]] to be toxic when eaten in large quantities. | ||
It is an ingredient in an herbal cancer treatment, [[Essiac]]. | It is an ingredient in an herbal cancer treatment, [[Essiac]], which has shown activity in some small trials and none in others. According to [[Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center]], no studies of sheep sorrel alone, as an antineoplastic agent, have been done. It does, however, contain several classes of biologically active substances:<ref>{{citation | ||
| url = http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/69375.cfm | |||
| title = Sheep Sorrel | |||
| publisher = [[Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center]]}}</ref> | |||
* [[Glycoside]]s: Hyperoside, quercitin-3d-galactoside | |||
*[[Anthraquinone]]s: Emodin, aloe emodin, chrysophanol, rhein, physcion | |||
*Vitamins: A, B complex, C, D, E, K | |||
*Oxalates | |||
*Tannins | |||
==References== | |||
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Revision as of 22:17, 19 August 2010
Rumex acetosella, also known as sheep sorrel, is a perennial herb, sometimes used as a salad green, and in herbal medicine. Depending on the specific cultivar, the leaves may contain enough oxalic acid to be toxic when eaten in large quantities.
It is an ingredient in an herbal cancer treatment, Essiac, which has shown activity in some small trials and none in others. According to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, no studies of sheep sorrel alone, as an antineoplastic agent, have been done. It does, however, contain several classes of biologically active substances:[1]
- Glycosides: Hyperoside, quercitin-3d-galactoside
- Anthraquinones: Emodin, aloe emodin, chrysophanol, rhein, physcion
- Vitamins: A, B complex, C, D, E, K
- Oxalates
- Tannins