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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
RUTIN 87 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SACCHAROPINE 0 Shoot 2.4 1.41 *
SAPONARIN 0 Shoot 1.5 *
SAPONINS 5 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SELENIUM 60 Plant 0.4 -0.41 *
SILICON 4 Plant 0.5 5.7 -0.51 *
SILICON-(SIO2) 0 Plant 4752.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SKATOLE 0 Plant *
SODIUM 1 Plant 122.0 1470.0 -0.22 *
SODIUM-OXIDE 0 Plant 9108.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STARCH 5 Plant 9960.0 120000.0 -0.55 *
STARCH 5 Root 15300.0 -1.26 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STEARIC ACID METHYL ESTER 0 Shoot *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant *
STEROIDS 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SULFUR 14 Plant 3828.0 -0.01 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TETRACOSANOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
TETRADECANOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
THIAMIN 31 Plant 0.2 2.1 -0.47 *
THIAMINE 0 Plant 0.2 2.1 -0.46 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 *
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Progestational 1 *
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant 1 *
Prooxidant 3 *
Propecic 4 *
Prostaglandigenic 2 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Xu, L. N., Yu, W. G., Tian, J. Y., Liu, Q. Y. 1990. Effect of Sodium Ferulate on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 25(6): 412-416.
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 3 *
Protisticide 1 *
PTK-Inhibitor 3 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 3 *
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th