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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Fucus vesiculosus

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
4-(2',4',6'-TRIHYDROXYPHENOXY)-2,2',4',6,6'-PENTAHYDROXYBIPHENYL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4-(2',4',6'-TRIHYDROXYPHENYL)-4',6'DIHYDROXYPHENOXY-2,2',4',6,6'-PENTAHYDROXYBIPHENYL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Plant Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ALDOBIURONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALGIN 0 Plant 41300.0 500000.0 *
ALGINIC-ACID 7 Plant Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ALUMINUM 5 Plant 75.0 631.0 0.50 *
ARACHIDONATES 0 Plant Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ARACHIDONIC-AICD 0 Plant Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ARSENIC 2 Plant 68.0 3.21 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 30.0 258.0 -0.53 *
ASH 0 Plant 29500.0 250000.0 2.33 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 5.0 40.0 -0.51 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BROMINE 0 Plant 150.0 2.63 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 3587.0 30400.0 1.80 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 77290.0 655000.0 -0.11 *
CHLOROPHYLL 21 Plant *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Plant Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHROMIUM 24 Plant 0.1 0.7 -0.80 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiepileptic 4 *
Antiesophagitic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 *
Antifibrotic 3 *
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 *
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic 1 *
AntiGERD 1 *
Antigingivitic 1 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 *
Antigoiter 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.