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Plant Arctium lappa (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FRUCTOSE 8 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
FUKINANOLIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUKINONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUKIONE 0 Leaf 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.
GABA 22 Root not available 25.0 -0.71 Wealth of India.
GAMMA-GUANIDINO-N-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Root not available 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRANOLIDE 0 Fruit 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.
GLUCOSE 7 Root not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
HEPTADECA-1-CIS-8-CIS-15-TRIENE-11,13-DIYNE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
HEPTAN-1-AL 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
HEX-2-EN-1-AL 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
HEX-3-EN-1-AL 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
HEX-3-EN-1-OIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Root 35.0 147.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Psychotomimetic 1 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.
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rubefacient 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 9 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide 2 Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen 2 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Tachycardic 1 Martindale's 28th
Taenicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Termiticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.