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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCTIGENIN-4-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ARCTIGENIN-4-O-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARCTIGNAN-A | 0 | Fruit | not available | 125.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARCTIGNAN-B | 0 | Fruit | not available | 150.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARCTIGNAN-C | 0 | Fruit | not available | 140.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARCTIGNAN-D | 0 | Fruit | not available | 250.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARCTIGNAN-E | 0 | Fruit | not available | 270.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARCTIIN | 4 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARCTIIN | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARCTIIN | 4 | Seed | 11.7 | 30000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARCTINAL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARCTINAL | 0 | Root | not available | 0.2 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARCTINOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARCTINOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| ARCTINOL-A | 0 | Root | not available | 0.1 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARCTINOL-B | 0 | Root | not available | 0.3 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARCTINONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARCTINONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| ARCTINONE-A | 0 | Root | not available | 3.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARCTINONE-A-ACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DNA-Active | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| DNA-Protective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Emollient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Essential | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 10 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| FPTase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungicide | 7 | Martindale's 29th |