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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
ACETIC-ACID Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ADIPIC-ACID Martindale's 28th
ASCORBIC-ACID FEMA 6,000 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
FUMARIC-ACID Martindale's 28th
HEXANOIC-ACID Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
LACTIC-ACID Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PHOSPHORIC-ACID Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Annona cherimola Cherimoya 1 725
Annona diversifolia Llama 1 140
Annona glabra Pondapple 1 1, 590
Annona muricata Soursop 1 1, 540
Annona reticulata Custard Apple 1 1, 400
Annona squamosa Sugar-Apple; Sweetsop 1 3, 200
Apium graveolens Celery 3 6, 436
Arachis hypogaea Groundnut; Peanut 1 9, 496
Aralia cordata Udo 1 1, 065
Arctium lappa Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock 2 255
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry; Uva Ursi 1 382
Areca catechu Betel Nut; Pin-Lang 1 0
Armoracia rusticana Horseradish 1 32, 760
Arnica montana Leopard's-Bane; Mountain Tobacco 2 0
Arracacia xanthorrhiza Arracacha; Peruvian Carrot 1 2, 140
Artemisia absinthium Wormwood 1 2, 600
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 1 588
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 1 5, 670
Artocarpus altilis Breadfruit 1 1, 260
Artocarpus heterophyllus Jackfruit 1 435