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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
OCT-1-EN-3-ONE 0 Flower Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Flower 50.0 330.0 -1.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OXIDASE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Flower 290.0 1925.0 -0.60 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Flower 3.0 23.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHENOLICS 0 Plant 20000.0 1.00 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE 2 Flower Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Flower 860.0 6240.0 1.06 *
PHYTATE 0 Flower 90.0 900.0 *
POTASSIUM 14 Flower 3500.0 29780.0 1.08 *
PROTEIN 0 Flower 31000.0 276000.0 1.54 *
PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PUFA 4 Flower 630.0 4185.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Flower 0.6 7.0 0.19 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
SCOLIMOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
SCOLYMOSIDE 1 Flower Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
SCOLYMOSIDE 1 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
SCOLYMOSIDE 1 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
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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.