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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Symphytum officinale (Boraginaceae)

Common Names
Comfrey
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALLANTOIN 12 Leaf 1100.0 20000.0 1.00 *
ALLANTOIN 12 Root 6000.0 25500.0 1.41 *
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 26.0 237.0 -0.53 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 237.0 -0.19 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 88.0 800.0 -0.37 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 132.0 -0.57 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASH 0 Leaf 3960.0 36000.0 -1.46 *
ASH 0 Root 140000.0 2.07 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASPARAGINE 2 Root 10000.0 30000.0 0.00 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 12.0 108.0 -0.67 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 660.0 3.78 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BORNESITOL 0 Root Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Root *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 1980.0 18000.0 -0.03 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 11300.0 0.43 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 83490.0 759000.0 1.17 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 759000.0 -0.91 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CAROTENES 0 Plant 6300.0 1.00 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Root *
CHOLINE 20 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Myoparalytic 2 De Smet, P.A.G.M., Keller, K., Hansel, R. and Chandler, R.F., eds. 1993. Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs 2. Springr-Verlag, Berlin. 348pp.
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Neuroinhibitor 1 *
Neuroprotective 2 *
Neurotoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 2 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Genic 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 4 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Pesticide 10 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition