Plant Stellaria media (Caryophyllaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chickweed; Common Chickweed

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
8-HYDROXYOCTANOIC ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9,16-DIHYDROXYHEXADECANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-10-DIHYDROXYOCTADECANOIC ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-HYDROXYDECANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-HYDROXYHEXADECANOIC ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-HYDROXYNONANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-HYDROXYOCTADECANOIC ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-HYDROXYTETRADECANOIC ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Plant	163.0	1960.0	3.14	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-6-8-DI-C-GALACTOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	6.0	69.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Shoot	0.0	0.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	13031.0	157000.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
BEHNIC ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Plant	4.0	43.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-1-4-DIOIC ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
C-GLYCOSYL-FLAVONES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
C-PENTOSYL-C-HEXOSYLAPIGENIN	0	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	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	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	9	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	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	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	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	8	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 *