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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAPPAPHEN-A | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAPPAPHEN-A | 0 | Root | not available | 0.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LAPPAPHEN-B | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAPPAPHEN-B | 0 | Root | not available | 0.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LAPPAURIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAPPAURIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Root | 320.0 | 1600.0 | -1.60 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LIGNIN | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit | 103500.0 | 124200.0 | 1.40 | Wealth of India. |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | 6000.0 | 7200.0 | 0.06 | Wealth of India. |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LUPEOL-ACETATE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LYSINE | 4 | Root | 670.0 | 3350.0 | -0.36 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | 1262.0 | 5370.0 | 1.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | 1.4 | 6.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MATAIRESINOL | 4 | Fruit | 60.0 | 350.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MATAIRESINOL | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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. |