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Plant Centaurea calcitrapa (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Star-Thistle
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PROTEIN 0 Seed 205000.0 241000.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCABIOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIZOLPHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiradicular 3 Planta Medica, 56(6): 695, 1990.
Antisindhis 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitrypanosomic 2 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitumor 4 Duke, 1992 *