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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 2 *
Antimelanomic 5 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
AntiMeniere's 2 Martindale's 29th
Antimenopausal 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 4 *
Antimicrobial 1 *
Antimigraine 5 Martindale's 29th
Antimitogenic 1 *
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
AntiMS 3 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antimutagenic 11 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyocarditic 1 *
Antineoplastic 1 *