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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |