Plant Arctium lappa (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
THIAMIN	31	Root	1.0	11.0	0.38	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINE	0	Root	2.6	11.0	1.37	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Root	260.0	1300.0	-0.72	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TIGLIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Root	5.0	21.0	0.46	Duke, 1992 *
TRACHELOGENIN	12	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
TRACHELOGENIN	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE	0	Root	not available	1.0	-1.06	Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-1-11-DIENE-3-5-7-9-TETRAYNE	0	Root	not available	2.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECA-1-TRANS-11-DIENE-3,5,7,9-TETRAYNE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-1-TRANS-3-TRANS-11-TRIENE-5,7,9-TRIYNE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Root	60.0	300.0	-1.76	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE	8	Root	180.0	900.0	-1.79	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE	3	Root	330.0	1650.0	-1.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	738000.0	-0.35	Wealth of India.
WATER	0	Root	not available	765000.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	0.5	2.2	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antilethargic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	7	Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	2	Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary*, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.