botanical record · discovered
Garden Sorrel
Rumex acetosa
Garden Sorrel · Almindelig syre · Common Sorrel · Erba brusca · Garden dock · Garden sorrel · Grande Oseille · Großer Sauer-Ampfer · Main Suran · Oseille commune · Oseille des prés · Patience oseille, Oseille des prés, Rumex oseille, Grande oseille, Oseille commune, Surelle · Romice acetosa
At a glance
Origin / distribution: UK, US(VA), China, Turkey, Spain(Balearic I), Spain, Iran
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Bronchitis, Cancer, Carminative, Depurative
Science studied: ANTHRACENE, CALCIUM, CARBOHYDRATES, BETA-CAROTENE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Polygonaceae
Scientific name: Rumex acetosa
Common names: Garden Sorrel, Almindelig syre, Common Sorrel, Erba brusca, Garden dock, Garden sorrel, Grande Oseille, Großer Sauer-Ampfer, Main Suran, Oseille commune, Oseille des prés, Patience oseille, Oseille des prés, Rumex oseille, Grande oseille, Oseille commune, Surelle, Romice acetosa
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, UK, US(VA), China, Turkey, Spain(Balearic I), Spain, Iran.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Carminative
- Depurative
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Fever
- Hemostat
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- Homeopathy
- Poison
- Purgative
- Scurvy
- Skin
- Styptic
- Sudorific
- Tumor
- Apertif
- Convulsion
- Parasiticide
- Refrigerant
- Freckle
- Tonic
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
- UK
- US(VA)
- China
- Turkey
- Spain(Balearic I)
- Spain
- Iran
Documented cultural uses
- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Carminative
- Depurative
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Fever
- Hemostat
- Homeopathy
- Poison
- Purgative
- Scurvy
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- Skin
- Styptic
- Sudorific
- Tumor
- Apertif
- Convulsion
- Parasiticide
- Refrigerant
- Freckle
- Tonic
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Rumex acetosa L. enhance learning and cognitive function by modulating NMDA receptor and BDNF pathways in vitro and in vivo. · 2025 source ↗
- Insights from experiments and simulation of polydopamine modified carboxymethyl chitosan molecularly imprinted resins for adsorption of epicatechin in Rumex acetosa L. · 2025 source ↗
- Insights from experiments and simulation of polydopamine modified carboxymethyl chitosan molecularly imprinted resins for adsorption of epicatechin in Rumex acetosa L. · 2025 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ANTHRACENE
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CHRYSOPHANOL
- CHRYSOPHANOL-ANTHRONE
- COPPER
- FAT
- FIBER
- HYPERIN
- IODINE
- IRON
- MAGNESIUM
- NIACIN
- OXALIC-ACID
- OXYMETHYLANTHRAQUINONE
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- PHYSCION
- POTASSIUM
- POTASSIUM-BINOXYLATE
- QUERCETIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SODIUM
- TANNINS
- THIAMIN
- VITEXIN
- WATER
- CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- CHRYSOPHANIN
- EMODIN
- HYPEROSIDE
- PHOSOHORUS
- PROTEIN
- RUTIN
- TARTARIC-ACID
- ZINC
- ASH
- MANGANESE
- ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
No published revisions are documented for this record. Community submissions enter review and retain attribution before any published change.
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