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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
8-HYDROXYOCTANOIC ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9,16-DIHYDROXYHEXADECANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-10-DIHYDROXYOCTADECANOIC ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-HYDROXYDECANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-HYDROXYHEXADECANOIC ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-HYDROXYNONANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-HYDROXYOCTADECANOIC ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-HYDROXYTETRADECANOIC ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Plant	163.0	1960.0	3.14	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-6-8-DI-C-GALACTOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	6.0	69.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Shoot	0.0	0.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	13031.0	157000.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
BEHNIC ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Plant	4.0	43.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-1-4-DIOIC ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
C-GLYCOSYL-FLAVONES	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.
C-PENTOSYL-C-HEXOSYLAPIGENIN	0	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 *