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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
10-HYDROXYDECANOIC ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-HYDROXYDOCOSANOIC ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-HYDROXYHEXADECANOIC ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-HYDROXYOCTADECANOIC ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11-HYDROXYDOCOSANOIC ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11-HYDROXYHEXADECANOIC ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11-HYDROXYICOSANOIC ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11-HYDROXYOCTADECANOIC ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11-HYDROXYUNDECANOIC ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
13-HYDROXYHEXADECANOIC ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-AMINO-ADIPIC-ACID	Shoot	not available	1.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXYDOCOSANOIC ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXYHEXADECANOIC ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXYTETRACOSANOIC ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ACETOXYDOTETRACONT-3-EN-1-OL	Shoot	not available	14.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-7-DIHYDROXYICOSANOIC ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-7-DIMETHYLHEPTACOSANE	Shoot	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-HYDROXYHEPTANOCIC ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-HYDROXYNONANOIC ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Antagonist	1	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
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclin-B1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclin-D1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic	4	Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Depressant	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.
Dermatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *