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
ALLANTOIN	12	Leaf	1100.0	20000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIN	12	Root	6000.0	25500.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	26.0	237.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Root	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	not available	132.0	-0.57	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASH	0	Leaf	3960.0	36000.0	-1.46	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	not available	140000.0	2.07	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASPARAGINE	2	Root	10000.0	30000.0	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	12.0	108.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	not available	660.0	3.78	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BORNESITOL	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.
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	1980.0	18000.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	not available	11300.0	0.43	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	83490.0	759000.0	1.17	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	not available	759000.0	-0.91	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CAROTENES	0	Plant	not available	6300.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Root	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
Prooxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic	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.
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	4	Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Spermigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen	3	Jim Duke's personal files.
Suppurative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sweetener	3	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Taenicide	1	Martindale's 28th
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tranquilizer	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Trichomonicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Triglycerigenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.