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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATAIRESINOL | 4 | Seed | not available | 170.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MERCURY | 1 | Root | not available | 1.3 | 4.06 | Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272. |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Root | 90.0 | 450.0 | -1.09 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| METHYL-ARCTATE-B | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Plant | 50000.0 | 120000.0 | -0.25 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Root | 11750.0 | 120000.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOARC-B | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NEOARCTIN-B | 0 | Seed | not available | 38.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Root | 3.0 | 13.0 | -1.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCT-2-EN-1-AL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCT-3-EN-1-OIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Fruit | 30000.0 | 36000.0 | -0.20 | Wealth of India. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Fruit | 10500.0 | 12600.0 | -0.17 | Wealth of India. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PECTINESTERASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| PENTADEC-1-ENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PEROXIDASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| PETASITALONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITOLONE | 0 | Leaf | 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. |