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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAPPAPHEN-A | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAPPAPHEN-A | 0 | Root | not available | 0.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LAPPAPHEN-B | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAPPAPHEN-B | 0 | Root | not available | 0.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LAPPAURIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAPPAURIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Root | 320.0 | 1600.0 | -1.60 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LIGNIN | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit | 103500.0 | 124200.0 | 1.40 | Wealth of India. |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | 6000.0 | 7200.0 | 0.06 | Wealth of India. |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LUPEOL-ACETATE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LYSINE | 4 | Root | 670.0 | 3350.0 | -0.36 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | 1262.0 | 5370.0 | 1.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | 1.4 | 6.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MATAIRESINOL | 4 | Fruit | 60.0 | 350.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MATAIRESINOL | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anxiolytic | 8 | Merck 11th Edition |
| AP-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aphrodisiac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemicide | 2 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Asthma-preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Astringent | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Autotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bifidogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bronchodilator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bruchifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 23 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |