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Common Names
Irish Moss
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antimenopausal | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimutagenic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyalgic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuralgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antineurotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| AntiNF-kB | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |