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Common Names
Chickweed; Common Chickweed
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDOLE | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INDOLE-3-ACETONITRILE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Plant | 21.0 | 253.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON-(FE2O3) | 0 | Plant | not available | 3432.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Plant | not available | 2130.0 | -1.08 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| LUTEOLIN | 78 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Plant | 439.0 | 5290.0 | 0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM-OXIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | 28776.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | 0.4 | 5.3 | -0.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-BRANCHED-DOCOSANOIC ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-BRANCHED-HEPTADECANOIC ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-BRANCHED-HEXADECANOIC ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-BRANCHED-PENTACOSANOIC ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Plant | 16600.0 | 200000.0 | 0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HENTRIACONTANE | 3 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Plant | 4.0 | 47.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONAN-1-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anthelmintic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiacne | 9 | 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 * |
| AntiADD | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiadenoviral | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antiaflatoxin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 2 | 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 |
| Antiaggregant | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaging | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiallergic | 7 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialopecic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |