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
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	5	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	2	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility	1	Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	1	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	9	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *