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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAPPAPHEN-A | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAPPAPHEN-A | 0 | Root | not available | 0.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LAPPAPHEN-B | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAPPAPHEN-B | 0 | Root | not available | 0.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LAPPAURIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAPPAURIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Root | 320.0 | 1600.0 | -1.60 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LIGNIN | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit | 103500.0 | 124200.0 | 1.40 | Wealth of India. |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | 6000.0 | 7200.0 | 0.06 | Wealth of India. |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LUPEOL-ACETATE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LYSINE | 4 | Root | 670.0 | 3350.0 | -0.36 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | 1262.0 | 5370.0 | 1.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | 1.4 | 6.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MATAIRESINOL | 4 | Fruit | 60.0 | 350.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MATAIRESINOL | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |