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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Root | 330.0 | 1650.0 | -1.12 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Root | 1027.0 | 4370.0 | 0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOL | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| POLYACETYLENES | 0 | Root | 10.0 | 20.0 | not available | Wealth of India. |
| POLYGALACTURONASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| POLYPHENOL-OXIDASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| POLYPHENOLS | 30 | Root | 19000.0 | 36500.0 | 1.00 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Root | 3948.0 | 16800.0 | 0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Root | 520.0 | 2600.0 | 0.43 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROPIONIC-ACID | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 32000.0 | 140150.0 | -0.72 | Wealth of India. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Root | 24910.0 | 106000.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PSI-TARAXASTEROL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Root | 0.8 | 3.4 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Root | 0.3 | 1.4 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Root | 250.0 | 1250.0 | -1.19 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antialzheimeran | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianoxic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |