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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NONANE-1-9-DIOIC ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| O-GALACTOSYL-6-8-DI-C-GALACTOSYL-4'-5'-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTACOSANOIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTADECATETRAENIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Shoot | 2950.0 | 4330.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTACOSAN-1-OL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTADECAN-1-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTADECANOIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTANE-1-5-DIOIC ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Plant | 372.0 | 4480.0 | 0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS-OXIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | 9240.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PHYLLOQUINONE | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | 697.0 | 8400.0 | -0.93 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM-OXIDE-(K2O) | 0 | Plant | not available | 48312.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PROPANE-1-3-DIOIC ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | 18011.0 | 217000.0 | 0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 178000.0 | -0.50 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Plant | 0.1 | 1.3 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimicrobial | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 5 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimitogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineoplastic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |