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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
THIAMIN 31 Root 1.0 11.0 0.38 *
THIAMINE 0 Root 2.6 11.0 1.37 *
THREONINE 4 Root 260.0 1300.0 -0.72 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TIGLIC-ACID 1 Plant *
TIN 4 Root 5.0 21.0 0.46 *
TRACHELOGENIN 12 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
TRACHELOGENIN 12 Plant *
TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE 0 Root 1.0 -1.06 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-1-11-DIENE-3-5-7-9-TETRAYNE 0 Root 2.0 -0.63 *
TRIDECA-1-TRANS-11-DIENE-3,5,7,9-TETRAYNE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-1-TRANS-3-TRANS-11-TRIENE-5,7,9-TRIYNE 0 Root 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 738000.0 -0.35 Wealth of India.
WATER 0 Root 765000.0 -0.03 *
ZINC 77 Root 0.5 2.2 -0.96 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 1 *
Antistress 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antisunburn 2 *
Antisyndrome-X 6 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 2 *
AntiTNF 1 *
Antitopoisomerase-II 2 *
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor 14 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (brain) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 3 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 2 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 *