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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCTINONE-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARCTINONE-B | 0 | Root | not available | 0.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARCTIOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARCTIOPICRIN | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| ARCTIUM-ACIDIC-XYLAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARCTIUM-LAPPA-ANTIMUTAGEN | 0 | Root | not available | 90.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARCTIUM-LAPPA-SESQUILIGNAN-AL-D | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARCTIUM-LAPPA-SESQUILIGNAN-AL-F | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARCTIUM-XYLOGLUCAN-HC-II-B | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARGININE | 14 | Root | 1050.0 | 5250.0 | -0.28 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Root | 20.0 | 85.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 8200.0 | 35600.0 | -1.47 | Wealth of India. |
| ASH | 0 | Root | 7990.0 | 34000.0 | -0.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Root | 1770.0 | 8850.0 | -0.14 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ATROPINE | 51 | Root | 0.3 | 30.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BENEDICTINOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiencephalopathic? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiendometriotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienterotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienuretic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiepileptic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifatigue | 6 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 3 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |