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Common Names
Blessed Thistle
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENEDICTIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BENEDICTINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| BENEDICTINOLIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BENZOIC-ACID | 20 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Plant | 18.0 | 133.0 | -0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | not available | 243.0 | -0.54 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | 1490.0 | 11200.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Plant | 101080.0 | 760000.0 | 0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CERYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Plant | 0.2 | 1.8 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRAL | 53 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiradicular | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | 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 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirheumatic | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisalmonella | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antischizophrenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 9 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiserotonin | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antishock | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |