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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
BELLIDIFOLINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BENZALDEHYDE *
BENZOIC-ACID 33-1,250 ppm *
BENZOIC-ACID MBC=800 ug/ml *
BENZYL-2-FURYLACETYLENE Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
BENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE *
BERBAMINE Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
BERBERASTINE 12.5-2,500 ug/ml Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
BERBERASTINE 100 mg 4x/day *
BERBERASTINE MIC=6-630 ug/ml *
BERBERINE MIC=6-630 ug/ml *
BERBERINE 100 mg/4x/day *
BERBERINE 12.5-2,500 ug/ml Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
BETA,BETA-DIMETHYLACRYLSHIKONINE *
BETA-AMIRINE *
BETA-CITRAL *
BETA-IONONE MIC=200 ug/ml Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
BETA-PHENYLETHANOL 5000 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
BETA-SITOSTEROL Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
BETA-THUJONE J. Ess. Oil Res. 7: 271.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Corylus avellana English Filbert; European Filbert; European Hazel; Hazel; Cobnut 11 328.6500002350658
Costus speciosus Crepe Ginger; Wild Ginger; Cane Reed 2 0
Cotylelobium scabriusculum 1 170
Crataegus cuneata Hawthorn 3 0
Crataegus laevigata Hawthorn; English Hawthorn; Whitethorn; Woodland Hawthorn 22 223, 592
Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn; English Hawthorn 15 84, 040
Crataegus pentagyna Hawthorn 3 0
Crataegus rhipidophylla Hawthorn 19 45, 898
Crateva religiosa 1 0
Crocus sativus Saffron 16 265, 000
Crotalaria juncea Sunhemp 1 64, 100
Crotalaria semperflorens 1 0
Croton eluteria Cascarilla 9 0
Croton lechleri Sangre de Drago; Sangre de Grado; Sangre de Dragon; Dragons Blood 20 3, 600, 000
Croton tiglium Purging Croton 2 3, 250
Cryptostegia grandifolia Rubber Vine 3 0
Cryptotaenia japonica Japanese Cryptotaenia; Japanese Honewort; Mitsuba; Ya Er Qin; Stone Parsley 1 0
Cucumis melo Cantaloupe; Melon; Muskmelon; Netted Melon; Persian Melon; Nutmeg Melon 13 80, 700.65999999642
Cucumis sativus Cucumber 9 0.14000000059604645
Cucurbita pepo Pumpkin 11 37, 783