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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.
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
ISOLAPPAOL-C 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOLAPPAOLA 0 Fruit not available 50.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOLAPPAOLA 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Root 300.0 1500.0 -1.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 720.0 3790.0 0.93 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
LAPPANAESTHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPPANESTHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
LAPPAOL-A-THRU-H 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAOL-B 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAOL-C 0 Fruit not available 15.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LAPPAOL-C 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAOL-D 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAOL-E 0 Fruit not available 60.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LAPPAOL-E 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAOL-F 0 Fruit not available 60.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LAPPAOL-F 0 Seed not available 2.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAOL-H 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPPAOLA 0 Fruit not available 100.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LAPPAOLA 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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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 *