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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
LUTEOLIN-7-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEOLIN-7-RUTINOSIDE 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEOLIN-7-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEOLIN-7-RUTINOSIDE 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEOLIN-7-RUTINOSIDE-4'-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
MAGNESIUM 65 Flower 555.0 4275.0 1.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MANGANESE 14 Flower 2.0 17.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MARITIMEIN 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
MUCILAGE 3 Plant *
MUFA 13 Flower 50.0 330.0 -1.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Flower 20.0 135.0 -1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NARINGENIN 56 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
NARINGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
NARINGENIN-7-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
NARINGENIN-7-RUTINOSIDE 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Leaf *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Plant *
NIACIN 39 Flower 10.0 82.0 -0.12 *
NON-TRANS-2-EN-AL 0 Flower Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
O-DIPHENOLICS 0 Flower 20000.0 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiheartburn 1 *
Antihematuric 1 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 *
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 *
Antihepatotoxic 11 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 11 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihistaminic 10 *
AntiHIV 9 *
AntiHIV-Integrase 1 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipidemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.