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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
FERULIC-ACID 61 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
FIBER 15 Plant 98000.0 -0.92 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Plant 98000.0 -0.11 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Plant 379000.0 0.16 *
GERMACRANOLIDE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
IRON 6 Plant 3.2 24.0 -0.71 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
KARDOLLIN-22 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
KARDOLLIN-35 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
KARDOLLIN-75 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
KARDOLLIN-85 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
KARDOLLIN-95 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
KILOCALORIES 0 Plant 2520.0 -0.72 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LABIATIC-ACID 1 Plant Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
LIGNANS 10 Plant Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 56160.0 65520.0 -0.36 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LITHOSPERMIC-ACID 3 Fruit *
LUTEOLIN 78 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LUTEOLIN 78 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEOLIN-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 2 *
Mutagenic? 1 *
Myoprotective 1 *
Myorelaxant 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Narcotic 2 *
Nematicide 6 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Neuroprotective 2 *
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 5 *
NO-Inhibitor 3 *
Nodulation-Signal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 5 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 2 *
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *