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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |