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Plant 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.
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
ISOLAPPAOL-C 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOLAPPAOLA 0 Fruit not available 50.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOLAPPAOLA 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Root 300.0 1500.0 -1.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 720.0 3790.0 0.93 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
LAPPANAESTHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPPANESTHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
LAPPAOL-A-THRU-H 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAOL-B 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAOL-C 0 Fruit not available 15.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LAPPAOL-C 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAOL-D 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAOL-E 0 Fruit not available 60.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LAPPAOL-E 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAOL-F 0 Fruit not available 60.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LAPPAOL-F 0 Seed not available 2.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAOL-H 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAOLA 0 Fruit not available 100.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LAPPAOLA 0 Seed 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
Candidicide 5 Martindale's 28th
Carcinogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 10 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 3 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive (Breast Cancer) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive (Colon Cancer) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 2 Martindale's 28th
CNS-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant 2 Duke, 1992 *