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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Root	330.0	1650.0	-1.12	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	1027.0	4370.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOL	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
POLYACETYLENES	0	Root	10.0	20.0	not available	Wealth of India.
POLYGALACTURONASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
POLYPHENOL-OXIDASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
POLYPHENOLS	30	Root	19000.0	36500.0	1.00	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
POTASSIUM	14	Root	3948.0	16800.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Root	520.0	2600.0	0.43	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROPIONIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	32000.0	140150.0	-0.72	Wealth of India.
PROTEIN	0	Root	24910.0	106000.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
PSI-TARAXASTEROL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.8	3.4	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Root	0.3	1.4	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Root	250.0	1250.0	-1.19	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiosteoporotic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxalate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	21	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	3	Martindale's 28th
Antipeptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	3	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiperspirant	1	Martindale's 29th
Antipertussic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiphenylketonuric	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).