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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
TIN	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
TOCOPHEROLS	0	Plant	not available	440.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TRIACONTAN-1-OL	1	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTANOIC-ACID	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRICOSANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRITERPENE-GLYCOSIDES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UNDECANE-1-11-DIOIC ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VICENIN-2	12	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Plant	not available	917000.0	0.63	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Plant	0.4	5.2	-0.46	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
Tumor-Promoter	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Tumorigenic	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotrophic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	10	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	3	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.