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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Leaf | 0.2 | 1.8 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Root | not available | 8.0 | 1.03 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| COBALT | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Root | not available | 129.0 | 2.25 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CONSOLICINE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CONSOLIDINE | 4 | Root | not available | 17.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-MANNOSE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ECHIMIDINE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ECHINATINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 1320.0 | 12000.0 | -0.89 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Root | not available | 17000.0 | -0.20 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER | 15 | Root | not available | 72000.0 | -0.36 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Leaf | not available | 90000.0 | -0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Leaf | not available | 480000.0 | 1.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA | 22 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCURONIC-ACID | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUM | 0 | Root | 50000.0 | 100000.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HELIOSUPINE-N-OXIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigonadotropic | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 3 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 8 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihistaminic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |