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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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List of plant chemicals.
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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 Jim Duke's personal files.
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 235.0 1770.0 -0.71 *
MANGANESE 14 Plant 0.3 2.1 -0.68 *
MUCILAGE 3 Plant 15960.0 200000.0 0.62 *
MULTIFLORENOL 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.
MULTIFLORENOL 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
MULTIFLORENOL-ACETATE 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.
MULTIFLORENOL-ACETATE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
N-DECANE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
N-DODECANE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
N-NONACOSANE 1 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
N-NONACOSANE 1 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
N-NONACOSANE 1 Shoot 308.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
N-NONANE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
N-TRIDECANE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
N-UNDECANE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
NIACIN 39 Plant 0.4 3.1 -1.03 *
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 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.
NORTRACHELOSIDE 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Glutathionigenic 1 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemostat 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 12 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Hepatotropic 2 *
Herbicide 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 *
Histaminic 1 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 *
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 15 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 9 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipemic 1 *
Hypolipidemic 3 *
Hypotensive 12 *