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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
COSMOSIIN 4 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
COSMOSIIN 4 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
CRYPTOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
CYANIDOL-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDOL-3-CAFFEYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CYANIDOL-3-CAFFEYLSOPHOROSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CYANIDOL-5-GLUCOSIDE-3-CAFFEOYLSOPHOROSIDE 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDOL-5-GLUCOSIDE-3-CAFFEYLSOPHOROSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CYANIDOL-DICAFFEYLSOPHOROSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CYANIDOL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CYANIDOL-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CYANOPICRINE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CYNARA-SCOLYMUS-GUAIANOLIDE-I 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CYNARA-SCOLYMUS-GUAIANOLIDE-II 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CYNARAGENIN 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYNARAPICRIN 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYNARATRIOL 0 Flower Abstract (See species file)
CYNARATRIOL 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CYNARIN 23 Leaf 200.0 1000.0 *
CYNARIN 23 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Fungicide 9 *
Fungistat 2 Weidenborner, M., Hindorf, H., Jha, H.C., and Tsotsonos, P. 1989. Antifungal Activity of Flavonoids Against Storage Fungi of the Genus Aspergillus. Phytochemistry. 29(4): 1103-1105.
Gastroprotective 2 *
Gastrostimulant 1 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 2 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hematopoietic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
Hepatomagenic 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 15 *
Hepatoregenerative 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hepatotonic 4 Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Hepatotropic 2 *
Herbicide 3 *
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.