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
MAPK-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
MDR-Inhibitor	1	Castro, A. F., Altenberg, G. A. 1997. Inhibition of Drug Transport by Genistein in Multidrug-Resistant Cell Expressing P-Glycoprotein. Biochem Pharmacol, 53(1): 89-93.
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	3	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	3	Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *