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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
EUDESMIN *
EUGENOL MBC=400 ug/ml *
EUGENOL 500 ppm Valnet, J. 1982. The Practice of Aromatherapy. Translated from the 1980 French Edition by Robin Campbell and Libby Houston. Destiny Books, New York. 279 pp.
EUGLOBAL *
EUPATORIN List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EUPATORIOCHROMENE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FABATIN *
FAGARONINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FALCARINDIOL Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
FALCARINOL Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
FERULIC-ACID Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FICUSEPTINE MIC=15-30 nM *
FLAVONE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FORSYTHIASIDE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FORSYTHOSIDE *
FRANGULANINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FRAXETIN *
FULVOPLUMIERIN Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FUMARINE *
FUROCOUMARIN *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Meleleuca howeana 1 221
Melia azedarach Chinaberry 21 260, 000
Melicoccus bijugatas Genip; Honey berry; Mamoncillo; Pitomba 2 241, 820
Melilotus alba White Melilot 2 0
Melilotus indica Small-Flowered Melilot 1 0
Melilotus officinalis Yellow Sweetclover 15 12.5
Melissa officinalis Balm; Lemonbalm; Melissa; Bee Balm 29 296, 357.6000007689
Menispermum canadense Moonseed 2 0
Mentha aquatica Water Mint 16 110, 601.30000000447
Mentha arvensis var. piperascens Cornmint; Field Mint; Japanese Mint 17 400, 761
Mentha longifolia Biblical Mint 24 125, 073
Mentha pulegium European Pennyroyal 27 1, 906, 112
Mentha sp Mint 3 0
Mentha spicata Spearmint; Hortela da Folha Miuda 36 1, 176, 776
Mentha x piperita Peppermint 46 99, 749.67000000924
Mentha x rotundifolia Applemint 18 47, 350
Menyanthes trifoliata Bogbean; Buckbean; Bog Myrtle; Marsh Clover; Marsh Trefoil; Water Trefoil 22 246, 282
Mercurialis annua Annual Mercury 3 33, 500
Mesua ferrea 1 2, 120
Mesua myrtifolia 1 100