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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FIBER | 15 | Plant | not available | 98000.0 | -0.92 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Plant | not available | 98000.0 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Plant | not available | 379000.0 | 0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMACRANOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| IRON | 6 | Plant | 3.2 | 24.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE | 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. |
| KARDOLLIN-22 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| KARDOLLIN-35 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| KARDOLLIN-75 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| KARDOLLIN-85 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| KARDOLLIN-95 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Plant | not available | 2520.0 | -0.72 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| LABIATIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| LIGNANS | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN | 78 | 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. |
| LUTEOLIN | 78 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LUTEOLIN-DIGLUCOSIDE | 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. |
| 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. |