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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE 2 Root *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Root 330.0 1650.0 -1.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 1027.0 4370.0 0.15 *
PHYTOL 1 Leaf *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
POLYACETYLENES 0 Root 10.0 20.0 Wealth of India.
POLYGALACTURONASE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
POLYPHENOL-OXIDASE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
POLYPHENOLS 30 Root 19000.0 36500.0 1.00 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
POTASSIUM 14 Root 3948.0 16800.0 0.07 *
PROLINE 0 Root 520.0 2600.0 0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROPIONIC-ACID 6 Plant *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 32000.0 140150.0 -0.72 Wealth of India.
PROTEIN 0 Root 24910.0 106000.0 -0.14 *
PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL-ACETATE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
PSI-TARAXASTEROL 0 Leaf *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Root 0.8 3.4 -0.15 *
SELENIUM 60 Root 0.3 1.4 -0.26 *
SERINE 1 Root 250.0 1250.0 -1.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-Inhibitor 2 *
Tranquilizer 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Transdermal 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Tumor-Promoter 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Tumorigenic 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricosuric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasodilator 8 Merck 11th Edition
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 *
Verrucolytic 1 *