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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
COLUMBAMINE *
COLUPULONE *
COPALLIFEROL-B Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COSMOSIIN MIC=500 ug/ml Planta Medica, 57: A43, 1991.
COSTIC-ACID 750 ug/ml Recio, M. C., Rios, J. L., and Villar, A., A review of some antimicrobial compounds isolated from medicinal plants reported in the literature 1978-1988, Phytotherapy Research, 3(4), 1989, 117-125.
CREPIN *
CRISTACARPIN Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CRYPTOLEPINE MIC=<8-250 ug/ml *
CRYPTOTANSHINONE *
CUMINALDEHYDE *
CURCUMIN Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
CYCLOARTENOL *
CYCLOEUCALENOL *
CYCLOEUDESMOL 10-50 ppm *
CYCLOSTACHINE-A Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
CYNARIN *
DAPHNETIN Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DATISCETIN Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DEHYDROABIETANE *
DEHYDROCOSTUS-LACTONE *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Ardisia japonica Marlberry 4 0
Areca catechu Betel Nut; Pin-Lang 5 680, 000
Argemone mexicana Prickly Poppy 5 13, 070
Arisaema consanguineum Chinese Jack-In-The-Pulpit 1 0
Arisaema triphyllum Jack-In-The-Pulpit 1 0
Aristolochia debilis Chinese Birthwort 1 0
Aristolochia serpentaria Serpentaria; Virginia Snakeroot 2 0
Armoracia rusticana Horseradish 16 34, 295
Arnica montana Leopard's-Bane; Mountain Tobacco 11 0
Arracacia xanthorrhiza Arracacha; Peruvian Carrot 1 2, 140
Artemisia abrotanum Southernwood 6 0
Artemisia absinthium Wormwood 13 83, 100
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 31 196, 500
Artemisia capillaris Capillary Wormwood 17 0
Artemisia cina Levant Wormseed 3 24, 000
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 56 791, 470
Artemisia herba-alba Desert Wormwood 12 1, 865
Artemisia pallens Davana 3 0
Artemisia salsoloides 12 169, 200
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 17 16, 670