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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Chondrus crispus

Common Names
Irish Moss
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
ALUMINUM 5 Plant 355.0 -0.05 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ARSENIC 2 Plant 10.0 0.09 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 130.0 -0.56 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASH 0 Plant 150000.0 0.52 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 55.0 -0.43 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CALCIUM 28 Plant 18820.0 0.56 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 862000.0 1.22 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CARRAGEENAN 2 Thallus Jim Duke's personal files.
CARRAGENNAN 0 Plant *
CHROMIUM 24 Plant 12.0 0.26 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CITRULLINE 5 Thallus Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRULLINYL-ARGININE 0 Thallus Jim Duke's personal files.
COBALT 2 Plant 70.0 1.81 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Thallus Jim Duke's personal files.
FAT 0 Plant 12000.0 -0.58 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER 15 Plant 111000.0 -0.83 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
GAMMA-CARRAGEENAN 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
GAMMA-CARRAGEENAN 0 Thallus Jim Duke's personal files.
GIGARTININE 0 Thallus Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Thallus Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antialzheimeran 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 *
Antianemic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 2 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 3 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarthritic 7 *
Antiasthenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiasthmatic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic 5 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Anticancer 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.