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Plant Symphytum officinale (Boraginaceae)

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Common name(s)
Comfrey
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
12 ALLANTOIN Leaf 1100.0 20000.0 1.00 *
12 ALLANTOIN Root 6000.0 8000.0 1.41 *
5 ALUMINUM Leaf 26.0 237.0 -0.53 *
5 ALUMINUM Root -- 237.0 -0.19 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Leaf 88.0 800.0 -0.37 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Root -- 132.0 -0.57 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
0 ASH Root -- 140000.0 2.07 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
0 ASH Leaf 3960.0 36000.0 -1.46 *
2 ASPARAGINE Root 10000.0 30000.0 0.00 *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Root -- 660.0 3.78 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
53 BETA-CAROTENE Leaf 12.0 108.0 -0.67 *
0 BORNESITOL Root -- -- -- Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
102 CAFFEIC-ACID Root -- -- -- *
28 CALCIUM Leaf 1980.0 18000.0 -0.03 *
28 CALCIUM Root -- 11300.0 0.43 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
0 CARBOHYDRATES Leaf 83490.0 759000.0 1.17 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Root -- 759000.0 -0.91 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
0 CAROTENES Plant -- 6300.0 1.00 *
77 CHLOROGENIC-ACID Root -- -- -- *
20 CHOLINE Root -- -- -- *
*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.