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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Cynara cardunculus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Artichoke
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
cardunculus

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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
1,3-DI-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Flower Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
1,4-DICAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 1 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
1,5-DI-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Flower Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
1-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
11,13-DIHYDROXY-8-DEOXYGROSHEIMIN 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
13-CHLORO-11-HYDROXY-8-DEOXYGROSHEIMIN 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
3,5-DI-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 3 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
3-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
4,5-DICAFFEOYL-QUINIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
4-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
5-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
8-EPIGROSHEIMIN 0 Leaf *
AESCULETIN-6-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-CADRENE 0 Flower Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
APIGENIN 101 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-4',7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-7-O-RUTINOSIDE 1 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-7-O-RUTINOSIDE 1 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-7-RUTINOSIDE 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-7-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.

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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 12 (View) *
Allelochemic 4 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 (View) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 10 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 11 (View) *
Androgenic 2 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 (View) *
Anesthetic 2 (View) Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Angiogenic 1 (View) *