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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CITRAL | 53 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CNICIN | 10 | Leaf | 100.0 | 18000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CNICIN | 10 | Plant | 2000.0 | 7000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNICIN | 10 | Shoot | 2000.0 | 7000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CNICINOLIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| COBALT | 2 | Plant | 0.5 | 3.8 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COSMOSIIN | 4 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DAUCOSTEROL | 5 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DOCOSAN-1-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DODECA-1,11-DIEN-3,5,7,9-TETRAIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECA-1,11-DIEN-3,5,7,9-TETRAYNE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 4000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EO | 0 | Plant | not available | 3000.0 | -0.51 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| FAT | 0 | Plant | 1463.0 | 11000.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 258000.0 | 271000.0 | 0.03 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FENCHONE | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| FENCHONE | 6 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antitumor (Thyroid) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 5 | Cancer Research, 48: 5941. |
| Antitussive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcerogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiurease | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antivaginitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivertigo | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiyeast | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AP-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aphidifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemicide | 2 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |