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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 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).
BERBERINE MIC=6-630 ug/ml *
BERBERINE 100 mg/4x/day *
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
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Asparagus Pea; Goa Bean; Winged Bean 2 159, 570
Psoralea corylifolia Babchi; Black Dot; Malaya Tea 6 171, 672
Psoralea esculenta Indian Bread-Root; Prairie Apple; Prairie Potato; Indian Turnip; Breadroot; Prairie Turnip 1 1, 026
Psychotria adenophylla 1 0
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken; Bracken Fern 13 1.7999999523162842
Pterocarpus marsupium Indian Kino; Malabar Kino; bijasal 6 0
Pterocarpus santalinus Red Saunders 3 0
Ptychopetalum olacoides Muira Puama 9 299, 000
Pueraria montana Kudzu; Kudsu 11 37, 612
Pulsatilla chinensis Chinese Anemone 2 0
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 30 9, 349, 248
Putoria calabrica 1 0
Pycnanthemum albescens White Mountain Mint 7 23, 301
Pycnanthemum beadlei Beadle's Mountain Mint 11 4, 886
Pycnanthemum californicum California Mountain Mint 10 30, 132
Pycnanthemum clinopodioides Clinopod Mountain Mint 13 31, 746
Pycnanthemum curvipes Curved Mountain Mint 5 2, 491
Pycnanthemum incanum Hoary Mountain Mint 12 22, 914
Pycnanthemum loomisii Loomis' Mountain Mint 11 42, 714
Pycnanthemum montanum Montane Mountain Mint 11 3, 200