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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
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 11.0 45.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BIS-5',5'-ARCTIGENIN 0 Seed not available 2.3 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Root not available 2500.0 0.17 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 1723.0 7330.0 -0.01 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 200925.0 855000.0 0.32 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.5 2.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
CLOVENE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CNICINOLIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Root 3.0 12.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Root not available 29.0 1.91 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.
COSTIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COSTIC-ACID 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYPERENE 2 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CYSTINE 2 Root 60.0 300.0 -1.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *