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Common Names
Irish Moss
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Plant | not available | 355.0 | -0.05 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Plant | not available | 10.0 | 0.09 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Plant | not available | 130.0 | -0.56 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| ASH | 0 | Plant | not available | 150000.0 | 0.52 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Plant | not available | 55.0 | -0.43 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | not available | 18820.0 | 0.56 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Plant | not available | 862000.0 | 1.22 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CARRAGEENAN | 2 | Thallus | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARRAGENNAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Plant | not available | 12.0 | 0.26 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CITRULLINE | 5 | Thallus | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRULLINYL-ARGININE | 0 | Thallus | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| COBALT | 2 | Plant | not available | 70.0 | 1.81 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CYCLOARTENOL | 7 | Thallus | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FAT | 0 | Plant | not available | 12000.0 | -0.58 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER | 15 | Plant | not available | 111000.0 | -0.83 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| GAMMA-CARRAGEENAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GAMMA-CARRAGEENAN | 0 | Thallus | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GIGARTININE | 0 | Thallus | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Thallus | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antistress | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 2 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antisyndrome-X | 6 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitriglyceride | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitumor | 3 | Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990. |
| Antitumor (brain) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (CNS) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Prostate) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcerogenic | 1 | Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990. |