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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Cnicus benedictus (Asteraceae)

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
NORTRACHELOSIDE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Plant *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 159840.0 186480.0 0.55 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
P-CYMENE 16 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
PHENYLPROPANES 0 Plant Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 359.0 2700.0 -0.43 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 3458.0 26000.0 0.29 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 12768.0 96000.0 -0.63 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 138000.0 175000.0 -0.52 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Plant 0.3 2.1 -0.65 *
RUTIN 87 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
SALONITENOLIDE 0 Fruit *
SALONITENOLIDE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
SALONITENOLIDE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
SELENIUM 60 Plant 0.5 3.4 -0.28 *
SESQUITERPENES 0 Plant 2000.0 7000.0 1.00 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
SILICON 4 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiovascular 1 *
Caspase-3-Inducer 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Cathartic 1 *
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 5 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Chronotropic 1 *
Circulatory-Stimulant 1 *
Circulotonic 1 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 3 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
CNS-Stimulant 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 1 *
Collagenic 2 *