Plant Arctium lappa (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
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 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *