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

Plant Arctium lappa (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Gobo, Great Burdock, Burdock
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-ARCTIGENIN 7 Fruit *
(4E,6E)-4,6-TETRADECADIEN-8,10,12-TRIYN-1,3-DIYL-DIACETATE 0 Plant *
(4E,6E,12E)-4,6,12-TETRADECADIEN-8,10,12-TRIYN-1,3-DIYL-DIAC 0 Plant *
(4E,6Z)-4,6,TETRADECADIEN-8,10,12-TRIYN-1,3-DIYL-DIACETATE 0 Plant *
(4E,6Z,12E)-4,6,12-TETRADECADIEN-8,10,12-TRIYN-1,3-DIYL-DIAC 0 Plant *
1,11-TRIDECADIENE 0 Plant Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
1,11-TRIDECADIENE-3,5,7,9-TETRAYNE 0 Plant *
1,11-TRIDECADIENE-3,5,7,9-TETRAYNE 0 Root 15.0 *
1,2-EPOXY-TRIDEC-1-ENE-5,7,9,11-TETRAYNE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
1,2-EPOXY-TRIDEC-TRANS-3-ENE-5,7,9-TRIYNE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
1,3,1,1-TRIDECATRIENE 0 Plant *
1,3,11-TRIDECATRIENE-5,7,9-TRIYNE 0 Plant 2.0 *
1-TRIDECENE-3,5,7,9,11-PENTAYNE 0 Root 11.0 *
2-ALKYL-3-METHOXYPYRAZINES 0 Root Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
2-METHOXY-3-METHYLPYRAZINE 0 Root *
2-METHOXY-3-PYRAZINE 0 Root *
2-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
2-METHYL-PROPIONIC-ACID 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
3,5,7,9-TETRAYNE 0 Plant Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
3-HEXENOIC-ACID 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 8 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analeptic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 11 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *