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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
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 11.0 45.0 -0.15 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Leaf *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
BIS-5',5'-ARCTIGENIN 0 Seed 2.3 Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Root 2500.0 0.17 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 1723.0 7330.0 -0.01 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 200925.0 855000.0 0.32 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Root *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.5 2.0 -0.16 *
CLOVENE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CNICINOLIDE 0 Leaf *
COBALT 2 Root 3.0 12.0 -0.28 *
COPPER 12 Root 29.0 1.91 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
COSTIC-ACID 2 Plant *
COSTIC-ACID 2 Root *
CYPERENE 2 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CYSTINE 2 Root 60.0 300.0 -1.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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) *