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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mucolytic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Mydriatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Myorelaxant | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Narcotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 4 | Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183. |
| Nematistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Neoplastic | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Nephrotoxic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Neuroexcitant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Neurogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neuroinhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neuroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 3 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Neurotransmitter | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 4 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Osteolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |