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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antigliomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 2 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 6 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |