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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Stellaria media (Caryophyllaceae)

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Common name(s)
Chickweed, Common Chickweed
How used
GRAS

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 10-HYDROXYDECANOIC ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 10-HYDROXYDOCOSANOIC ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 10-HYDROXYHEXADECANOIC ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 10-HYDROXYOCTADECANOIC ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 11-HYDROXYDOCOSANOIC ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 11-HYDROXYHEXADECANOIC ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 11-HYDROXYICOSANOIC ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 11-HYDROXYOCTADECANOIC ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 11-HYDROXYUNDECANOIC ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 13-HYDROXYHEXADECANOIC ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 2-AMINO-ADIPIC-ACID Shoot -- 1.6 -- *
0 2-HYDROXYDOCOSANOIC ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 2-HYDROXYHEXADECANOIC ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 2-HYDROXYTETRACOSANOIC ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID Shoot -- -- -- *
0 5-ACETOXYDOTETRACONT-3-EN-1-OL Shoot -- 14.0 -- *
0 6-7-DIHYDROXYICOSANOIC ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 6-7-DIMETHYLHEPTACOSANE Shoot -- 20.0 -- *
0 7-HYDROXYHEPTANOCIC ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 8-HYDROXYNONANOIC ACID Plant -- -- -- *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.