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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SESQUILIGNANS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| SILICON | 4 | Root | 5.3 | 22.5 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SITOSTEROL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | 357.0 | 1520.0 | 0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Root | 28200.0 | 120000.0 | -0.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | 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. |
| STEROLS | 0 | Root | not available | 200.0 | not available | Wealth of India. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| SUGARS | 0 | Root | 35250.0 | 150000.0 | 0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXASTEROL | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| TARAXASTEROL | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TARAXASTEROL-ACETATE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| TARAXASTEROL-ACETATE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TARAXASTEROL-PALMITATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TETRADECA-TRANS-4-CIS-6-DIENE-8,12-DIYNE-1,3-DIOL-DIACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TETRADECA-TRANS-4-CIS-6-TRANS-12-TRIENE-8,10-DIYNE-1,3-DIOL-DIACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TETRADECA-TRANS-4-TRANS-6-DIENE-8,10,12-TRIYNE-1,3-DIOL-DIACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TETRADECA-TRANS-4-TRANS-6-TRANS-12-TRIENE-8,10-DIYNE-1,3-DIOL-DIACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 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 * |