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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Arctium lappa (Asteraceae)

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
FRUCTOSE 8 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
FUKINANOLIDE 0 Leaf *
FUKINONE 0 Leaf *
FUKIONE 0 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GABA 22 Root 25.0 -0.71 Wealth of India.
GAMMA-GUANIDINO-N-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Root 25.0 *
GERMACRANOLIDE 0 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GLUCOSE 7 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Root 1570.0 7850.0 -0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Root 310.0 1550.0 -0.93 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HEPTADEC-1-ENE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
HEPTADECA-1-CIS-8-CIS-15-TRIENE-11,13-DIYNE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
HEPTAN-1-AL 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
HEX-2-EN-1-AL 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
HEX-3-EN-1-AL 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
HEX-3-EN-1-OIC-ACID 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
HISTIDINE 7 Root 310.0 1550.0 -0.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
INULIN 19 Root 94000.0 500000.0 0.97 *
IRON 6 Root 35.0 147.0 -0.23 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Leaf Wealth of India.
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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 *
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 *
Neuroinhibitor 2 *
Neuroprotective 1 *
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 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Genic 2 *
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 *
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.