Plant Cnicus benedictus (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Blessed Thistle

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
SITOSTERYL-GLYCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
SODIUM	1	Plant	162.0	1220.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Plant	10640.0	80000.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
STEROL	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.
STIGMASTEROL	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
STIGMASTEROL	12	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
SUGARS	0	Plant	15960.0	120000.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	80000.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	0	Plant	not available	80000.0	-0.74	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
THIAMIN	31	Plant	not available	2.7	-0.42	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE	0	Plant	0.4	2.7	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Plant	3.3	25.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
TRACHELOGENIN	12	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
TRACHELOGENIN	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
TRICEC-1-ENE-3,5,7,9-TETRAYNE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
WATER	0	Plant	not available	867000.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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.