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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
SCOPOLETIN 44 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
SFA 0 Flower 350.0 2325.0 -0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM 1 Flower 850.0 6840.0 3.40 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Flower 30.0 200.0 -1.67 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SYRINGOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
TANNIN 35 Plant *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Leaf *
THIAMIN 31 Flower 0.7 6.0 0.20 *
TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIDECA-1-11-DIENE-3-5-7-9-TETRAYNE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
VIT-B-6 0 Flower 1.0 8.0 -1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Flower 773000.0 854870.0 0.28 *
ZINC 77 Flower 4.0 36.0 0.11 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antileukotriene 4 *
Antileukotriene-D4 3 *
Antileukotrienogenic 1 *
Antilipolytic 3 Kuppusamy, U.R., and Das, N.P. 1993. Antilipolytic Action of Hesperetin in Rat Adipocytes. Planta Medica, 59: 508.
Antilipoperoxidant 2 *
Antilithic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 *
Antilymphomic 3 *
Antimaculitic 3 *
Antimalarial 3 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 2 *
Antimelanomic 4 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 3 *
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 4 *