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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
AURICULOSIDE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CALCIUM Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
DICHOTOSIN *
DIFFUTIN Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAGNESIUM 400 mg/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
TRYPTOPHAN 500-1,000 mg/meal Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Abelmoschus esculentus Okra 3 18, 630
Abelmoschus manihot Manioc Hibiscus 2 11, 103
Abrus precatorius Crab's Eye; Jequerity; Coral Beadplant; Indian Licorice; Licorice Vine; Love Bean; Lucky Bean; Minnie-Minnies; Prayer Beads; Precatory Bean; Red Beadvine; Rosary Pea; Weatherplant; Weathervine; Jequirity Bean 1 39, 900
Acacia catechu Black Cutch; Catechu 2 54, 800
Acacia farnesiana Cassie; Huisache; Sweet Acacia; Opopanax; Popinac 2 54, 765
Acacia nilotica Babul 2 0
Acacia senegal Gum Arabic; Gum Arabic Tree; Kher; Senegal Gum; Sudan Gum Arabic 2 37, 500
Acacia tortilis Umbrella Thorn 1 36, 200
Acalypha indica Cancer Herb; Indian Acalypha; Copperleaf; Indian Nettle; Three-Seeded-Mercury 1 171, 025
Acanthopanax gracilistylis Wu Chia Pi 2 15, 440
Achillea millefolium Yarrow; Milfoil 2 21, 180
Achyranthes bidentata Chaff Flower 2 57, 930
Aconitum carmichaelii Aconite; Fu-Tsu 2 6, 080
Acorus calamus Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot 2 48, 840
Acrocomia totai Gru-Gru Nut; Mbocaya 1 3, 400
Actaea dahurica Sheng ma; Xing an sheng ma 2 22, 400
Actaea racemosa Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot 2 15, 420
Actinidia chinensis Kiwi 2 3, 680
Aegle marmelos Bael de India; Bael fruit 1 4, 410
Aframomum melegueta Alligator Pepper; Grains-of-Paradise; Guinea Grains; Melegueta Pepper; Malagettapfeffer (Ger.); Malagueta (Sp.) 2 66, 000