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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Biological Activity Acidulant

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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
Psoralea esculenta Indian Bread-Root; Prairie Apple; Prairie Potato; Indian Turnip; Breadroot; Prairie Turnip 1 1, 026
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken; Bracken Fern 1 0
Pterocarpus marsupium Indian Kino; Malabar Kino; bijasal 1 12, 000
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 2 5, 088
Pyrus communis Pear 2 250
Quararibea cordata Chupa-Chupa; Sapote 1 1, 320
Quercus alba White Oak 1 127
Raphanus sativus Radish 1 21, 081
Rehmannia glutinosa Chinese Foxglove 1 21, 000
Rhamnus cathartica Buckthorn; European Buckthorn 1 0
Rheum palmatum Chinese Rhubarb 1 2.5
Rheum rhabarbarum Rhubarb 4 4, 414
Rhodymenia palmata Dulse 1 120
Ribes nigrum Black Currant 2 10, 030
Ribes rubrum Red Currant; White Currant 2 5, 108
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry 2 2, 397
Rollinia mucosa Biriba; Lancewood 1 2, 900
Rosa canina Rose; Dogbrier; Dog Rose 2 61, 200
Rosa gallica French Rose 1 8, 470
Rosa multiflora Multiflora Rose 1 2, 000