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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Paralytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 8 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Pesticide | 27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Phytohormonal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Pituitary-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Poultice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Prebiotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Probiotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Probiotigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prolactinogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Prooxidant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |