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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENEDICTIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BENEDICTINE | 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. |
| BENEDICTINOLIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BENZOIC-ACID | 20 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Plant | 18.0 | 133.0 | -0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | not available | 243.0 | -0.54 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | 1490.0 | 11200.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Plant | 101080.0 | 760000.0 | 0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CERYL-ALCOHOL | 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. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Plant | 0.2 | 1.8 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CITRAL | 53 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antifibrinolytic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihelicobacter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |