Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Stellaria media (Caryophyllaceae)

Common Names
Chickweed, Common Chickweed
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
10-HYDROXYDECANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
10-HYDROXYDOCOSANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
10-HYDROXYHEXADECANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
10-HYDROXYOCTADECANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
11-HYDROXYDOCOSANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
11-HYDROXYHEXADECANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
11-HYDROXYICOSANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
11-HYDROXYOCTADECANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
11-HYDROXYUNDECANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
13-HYDROXYHEXADECANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
2-AMINO-ADIPIC-ACID 0 Shoot 1.6 *
2-HYDROXYDOCOSANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
2-HYDROXYHEXADECANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
2-HYDROXYTETRACOSANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Shoot *
5-ACETOXYDOTETRACONT-3-EN-1-OL 0 Shoot 14.0 *
6-7-DIHYDROXYICOSANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
6-7-DIMETHYLHEPTACOSANE 0 Shoot 20.0 *
7-HYDROXYHEPTANOCIC ACID 0 Plant *
8-HYDROXYNONANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 1 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 9 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (View) Korhammer, S.A. and Haslinger, E. 1994. Isolation of a Biologically Active Substance from Rhizomes of Quackgrass [Elymus repens (L.) Gould]. J. Agric. Food Chem. 42: 2048-2050.
Allelopathic 2 (View) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 5 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 8 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *