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Biological Activity Antiatheromic

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
PECTIN 15 g/man/day Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Linum usitatissimum Flax; Linseed 1 200, 000
Lycopersicon esculentum Tomato 1 31, 000
Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife 1 0
Maclura pomifera Osage-Orange; Hedge Apple 1 920, 800
Malus domestica Apple 1 66, 585
Marrubium vulgare Horehound; White Horehound 1 0
Medicago sativa Alfalfa; Lucerne 1 0
Mentha x piperita Peppermint 1 30, 000
Menyanthes trifoliata Bogbean; Buckbean; Bog Myrtle; Marsh Clover; Marsh Trefoil; Water Trefoil 1 0
Momordica charantia Bitter Melon; Sorosi 1 0
Morus alba Sang-Pai-Pi; White Mulberry 1 0
Musa x paradisiaca Banana; Plantain 1 105, 600
Myristica fragrans Mace; Nutmeg; Muskatnussbaum (Ger.); nogal moscado (Sp.); nuez moscada (Sp.) 1 30, 000
Nicotiana tabacum Tobacco 1 0
Olea europaea Olive 1 0
Opuntia ficus-indica Indian Fig; Prickly Pear; Nopal; Nopalito 1 0
Paeonia officinalis Double Peony 1 0
Panax ginseng Chinese Ginseng; Oriental Ginseng; Ginseng; Korean Ginseng 1 0
Panax quinquefolius American Ginseng; Ginseng 1 0
Papaver somniferum Opium Poppy; Poppyseed Poppy 1 0