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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
LAPPAPHEN-A	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAPHEN-A	0	Root	not available	0.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
LAPPAPHEN-B	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAPHEN-B	0	Root	not available	0.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
LAPPAURIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAURIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
LAURIC-ACID	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Root	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.
LEUCINE	2	Root	320.0	1600.0	-1.60	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIGNIN	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	103500.0	124200.0	1.40	Wealth of India.
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Fruit	6000.0	7200.0	0.06	Wealth of India.
LUPEOL	21	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
LUPEOL-ACETATE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
LYSINE	4	Root	670.0	3350.0	-0.36	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	1262.0	5370.0	1.49	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	1.4	6.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
MATAIRESINOL	4	Fruit	60.0	350.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MATAIRESINOL	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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 *