Plant Symphytum officinale (Boraginaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Comfrey

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
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 *

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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
Antistroke	2	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
Antisunburn	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	6	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
Antithiamin	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithyreotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	4	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor	7	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *