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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
ARCTINONE-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARCTINONE-B 0 Root not available 0.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ARCTIOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARCTIOPICRIN 4 Leaf not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ARCTIUM-ACIDIC-XYLAN 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ARCTIUM-LAPPA-ANTIMUTAGEN 0 Root not available 90.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ARCTIUM-LAPPA-SESQUILIGNAN-AL-D 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ARCTIUM-LAPPA-SESQUILIGNAN-AL-F 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ARCTIUM-XYLOGLUCAN-HC-II-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ARGININE 14 Root 1050.0 5250.0 -0.28 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 20.0 85.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 8200.0 35600.0 -1.47 Wealth of India.
ASH 0 Root 7990.0 34000.0 -0.96 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root 1770.0 8850.0 -0.14 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ATROPINE 51 Root 0.3 30.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
BENEDICTINOLIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE 4 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Vulnerary 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *