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Common Names
Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATAIRESINOL | 4 | Seed | not available | 170.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MERCURY | 1 | Root | not available | 1.3 | 4.06 | 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. |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Root | 90.0 | 450.0 | -1.09 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| METHYL-ARCTATE-B | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Plant | 50000.0 | 120000.0 | -0.25 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Root | 11750.0 | 120000.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOARC-B | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NEOARCTIN-B | 0 | Seed | not available | 38.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Root | 3.0 | 13.0 | -1.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCT-2-EN-1-AL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCT-3-EN-1-OIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Fruit | 30000.0 | 36000.0 | -0.20 | Wealth of India. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Fruit | 10500.0 | 12600.0 | -0.17 | Wealth of India. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PECTINESTERASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| PENTADEC-1-ENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PEROXIDASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| PETASITALONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITOLONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antitumor (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Liver) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Prostate) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Skin) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 2 | Cancer Research, 48: 5941. |
| Antitumor-Promoter? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcerogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiuremic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiurethrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiuveitic | 1 | Martindale's 30th |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antivaginitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antivertigo | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antivitiligic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |