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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
INDOLE 15 Plant *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID 7 Plant *
INDOLE-3-ACETONITRILE 3 Plant *
IRON 6 Plant 21.0 253.0 -0.44 *
IRON-(FE2O3) 0 Plant 3432.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
KILOCALORIES 0 Plant 2130.0 -1.08 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LAURIC-ACID 7 Plant *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LUTEOLIN 78 Shoot *
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 439.0 5290.0 0.38 *
MAGNESIUM-OXIDE 0 Plant 28776.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MANGANESE 14 Plant 0.4 5.3 -0.66 *
METHYL-BRANCHED-DOCOSANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
METHYL-BRANCHED-HEPTADECANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
METHYL-BRANCHED-HEXADECANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
METHYL-BRANCHED-PENTACOSANOIC ACID 0 Plant *
MUCILAGE 3 Plant 16600.0 200000.0 0.62 *
N-HENTRIACONTANE 3 Shoot *
NIACIN 39 Plant 4.0 47.0 -0.42 *
NONAN-1-OL 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidementia 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic 3 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidiabetic 9 *
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysgeuzic 1 *
Antidyskinetic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 *
Antidyspeptic 1 *
Antidysphagic 1 *
Antiear-wax 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.