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Common Names
Comfrey
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYPOXANTHINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp. |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 1.3 | 12.0 | -0.89 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Root | not available | 810.0 | 0.74 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| ISOBANERENOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Root | not available | 2170.0 | -2.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-ARABINOSE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-RHAMNOSE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LASIOCARPINE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LITHOSPERMIC-ACID | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYCOPSAMINE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Leaf | 77.0 | 700.0 | -1.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | not available | 1700.0 | -0.46 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Leaf | 0.6 | 5.8 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | not available | 67.0 | 0.25 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Root | not available | 290000.0 | 1.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES | 1 | Root | 250000.0 | 300000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Leaf | 10.0 | 89.0 | -0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Root | not available | 67.0 | 0.49 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| OCTADECATETRAENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 242.0 | 2200.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatic | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 4 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antishock | 1 | Int. J. Immunopharmacology. Vol 10: 735, 1988. |
| Antisickling | 1 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antispare-Tire | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antispasmodic | 5 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisteatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistress | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |