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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
SITOSTERYL-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant 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 *
STARCH 5 Plant 10640.0 80000.0 -0.84 *
STEROL 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
SUGARS 0 Plant 15960.0 120000.0 0.02 *
SYRINGOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
TANNIN 35 Plant 80000.0 -0.05 *
TANNINS 0 Plant 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 2.7 -0.42 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE 0 Plant 0.4 2.7 -0.42 *
TIN 4 Plant 3.3 25.0 0.28 *
TRACHELOGENIN 12 Fruit Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
TRACHELOGENIN 12 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
TRICEC-1-ENE-3,5,7,9-TETRAYNE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
WATER 0 Plant 867000.0 0.41 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 *
Copper-Antagonist 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
Counterirritant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 6 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 5 *
Cytoprotective 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytostatic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cytotoxic 9 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 1 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 1 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Differentiator 2 *
Diuretic 10 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.