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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAUCOSTEROL | 5 | Seed | not available | 170.6 | 1.40 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DECAN-1-AL | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DEHYDROCOSTUS-LACTONE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDROCOSTUS-LACTONE | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DEHYDRODIHYDROCOSTUS-LACTONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDRODIHYDROCOSTUS-LACTONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DEHYDROFUKINONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDROFUKINONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DESMUTAGENIC FACTOR | 1 | Root | not available | 146.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DIHYDROAPLOTAXENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | not available | 285.0 | -0.99 | Wealth of India. |
| EO | 0 | Root | 600.0 | 7500.0 | -0.30 | Wealth of India. |
| EREMOPHILENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 150000.0 | 300000.0 | 1.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 1300.0 | 8335.0 | -0.96 | Wealth of India. |
| FAT | 0 | Root | 1645.0 | 7000.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 20000.0 | 94700.0 | -0.83 | Wealth of India. |
| FIBER | 15 | Root | 19400.0 | 97000.0 | 0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Root | not available | 72000.0 | -1.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Root | not available | 700000.0 | 3.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hypocholesterolemic | 16 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 9 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 8 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 10 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Immunosuppressant | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Insecticide | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insecticide-Synergist | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Insectifuge | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insulinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
| Insulinogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Irritant | 4 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Juvabional | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Keratitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |