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
ARCTINONE-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARCTINONE-B	0	Root	not available	0.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ARCTIOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARCTIOPICRIN	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ARCTIUM-ACIDIC-XYLAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ARCTIUM-LAPPA-ANTIMUTAGEN	0	Root	not available	90.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ARCTIUM-LAPPA-SESQUILIGNAN-AL-D	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ARCTIUM-LAPPA-SESQUILIGNAN-AL-F	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ARCTIUM-XYLOGLUCAN-HC-II-B	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ARGININE	14	Root	1050.0	5250.0	-0.28	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	20.0	85.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	8200.0	35600.0	-1.47	Wealth of India.
ASH	0	Root	7990.0	34000.0	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Root	1770.0	8850.0	-0.14	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ATROPINE	51	Root	0.3	30.0	1.00	Jim Duke's personal files.
BENEDICTINOLIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiplaque	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiplasmodial	1	Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
AntiPMS	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	6	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).