Plant Cnicus benedictus (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
2-ACETYLNORTRACHELOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ABSINTHIN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-AMYRENONE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-AMYRIN-ACETATE	2	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.
ALPHA-AMYRINE	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.
ALUMINUM	5	Plant	11.3	85.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
AMYRENONE	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.
ANABSINTHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-7-GLYCOSIDE	4	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.
ARCTIGENIN	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARCTIIN	4	Seed	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.
ARTEMISIFOLIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ARTEMISIIFOLIN	1	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.
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	4.0	30.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	17689.0	133000.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	not available	41000.0	-0.21	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASTRAGALIN	7	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Vasopressor	3	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	4	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.