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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUTEOLIN-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Plant | 235.0 | 1770.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | 0.3 | 2.1 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Plant | 15960.0 | 200000.0 | 0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MULTIFLORENOL | 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. |
| MULTIFLORENOL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MULTIFLORENOL-ACETATE | 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. |
| MULTIFLORENOL-ACETATE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-DECANE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-DODECANE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-NONACOSANE | 1 | 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. |
| N-NONACOSANE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-NONACOSANE | 1 | Shoot | not available | 308.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-NONANE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-TRIDECANE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-UNDECANE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Plant | 0.4 | 3.1 | -1.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICOTINIC-ACID | 11 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NICOTINIC-ACID | 11 | 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. |
| NORTRACHELOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| DNA-Protective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Elastase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Embryotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emollient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Estrogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Expectorant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 10 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glaucomagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |