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
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 *