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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SITOSTERYL-GLYCOSIDE | 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. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | 162.0 | 1220.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Plant | 10640.0 | 80000.0 | -0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEROL | 0 | 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. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SUGARS | 0 | Plant | 15960.0 | 120000.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TANNIN | 35 | Plant | not available | 80000.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNINS | 0 | Plant | not available | 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 | not available | 2.7 | -0.42 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Plant | 0.4 | 2.7 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Plant | 3.3 | 25.0 | 0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRACHELOGENIN | 12 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| TRACHELOGENIN | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TRICEC-1-ENE-3,5,7,9-TETRAYNE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| WATER | 0 | Plant | not available | 867000.0 | 0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protisticide | 2 | Chemical Express, 7: 285, 1992. |
| Psychotropic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 1 | Lee, S. K., Song, Y., Mata-Greenwood, E., Kelloff, G. J., Steele, V. E., Pezzuto, J. M. 1999. Modulation of in vitro Biomarkers of the Carcinogenic Process by Chemopreventive Agents. Anticancer Res., 19: 35-44. |
| Radioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Secretolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Sedative | 11 | Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC |
| Serotoninergic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Sodium-Sparing | 1 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Sprout-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication. |
| Succinoxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sunscreen | 3 | Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993. |
| Taenicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Teratogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termiticide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |