Plant Fucus vesiculosus | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bladderwrack; Kelp

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	294.0	2490.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOL	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYPHENOLS	30	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	2490.0	21100.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
PRISTANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	7670.0	65000.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Plant	not available	0.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Plant	0.2	1.7	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Plant	0.9	7.6	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Plant	6620.0	56100.0	2.80	Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SUGARS	0	Plant	2360.0	20000.0	-0.88	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Plant	not available	0.0	-0.65	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE	0	Plant	not available	0.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Plant	3.0	24.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Plant	not available	882000.0	0.48	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antacid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *