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
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	11.0	45.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BIS-5',5'-ARCTIGENIN	0	Seed	not available	2.3	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTYRIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Root	not available	2500.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	1723.0	7330.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	200925.0	855000.0	0.32	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Root	0.5	2.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
CLOVENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
CNICINOLIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Root	3.0	12.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	not available	29.0	1.91	Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
COSTIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COSTIC-ACID	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYPERENE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
CYSTINE	2	Root	60.0	300.0	-1.24	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibradycardic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticancer	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	2	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	2	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	3	Duke, 1992 *