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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRON | 6 | Plant | not available | 874.0 | 0.29 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| KAPPA-CARRAGEENAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| KAPPA-CARRAGEENAN | 0 | Thallus | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Plant | not available | 2430.0 | -0.80 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| LAMBDA-CARRAGEENAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LANOSTEROL | 1 | Thallus | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LEAD | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Plant | not available | 19600.0 | 4.82 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | not available | 38.0 | -0.42 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MERCURY | 1 | Plant | not available | 7.0 | -0.11 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MU-CARRAGEENAN | 0 | Thallus | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Plant | not available | 83.0 | 0.09 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Plant | not available | 1800.0 | -0.86 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | not available | 13310.0 | -0.59 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | not available | 123000.0 | -0.41 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Plant | not available | 1.1 | -0.72 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Plant | not available | 18.0 | 0.38 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SILICON | 4 | Plant | not available | 67.0 | -0.14 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | not available | 81200.0 | 4.19 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| TAURINE | 6 | Thallus | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticarcinomic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticataract | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticephalagic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticervicaldysplasic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCFS | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticheilitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antichilblain | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticirrhotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticlimacteric | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticoeliac | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticold | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonvulsant | 2 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
| Anticorneitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticorneotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticoronary | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCrohn's | 2 | Martindale's 29th |