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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FUKINANOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FUKINONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FUKIONE | 0 | Leaf | 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. |
| GABA | 22 | Root | not available | 25.0 | -0.71 | Wealth of India. |
| GAMMA-GUANIDINO-N-BUTYRIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | 25.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMACRANOLIDE | 0 | Fruit | 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. |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Root | 1570.0 | 7850.0 | -0.63 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Root | 310.0 | 1550.0 | -0.93 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| HEPTADEC-1-ENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HEPTADECA-1-CIS-8-CIS-15-TRIENE-11,13-DIYNE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HEPTAN-1-AL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HEX-2-EN-1-AL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HEX-3-EN-1-AL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HEX-3-EN-1-OIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Root | 310.0 | 1550.0 | -0.24 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| INULIN | 19 | Root | 94000.0 | 500000.0 | 0.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Root | 35.0 | 147.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 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 * |