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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 100 mg 4x/day *
BERBERASTINE MIC=6-630 ug/ml *
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).
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).
BERBERINE MIC=6-630 ug/ml *
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
Sida rhombifolia Broomweed; Teaplant 1 9, 090
Sideritis athoa Kedi Kuyrugu Cayi 12 1, 293.2000000029802
Sideritis germanicolpitana 9 2, 552
Sideritis mugronensis 14 6, 096
Sideritis pauli El Molinillo Sideritis 11 2, 090
Sideritis scardica Balkan Sideritis 10 1, 604
Siegesbeckia orientalis Hsi Chien; Saint Paul'Swort 1 0
Silybum marianum Milk Thistle; Lady's Thistle 13 16, 608
Simaba multiflora Cajurana 1 0
Simarouba amara Simaruba Bark 1 270, 000
Simmondsia chinensis Jojoba 1 0
Sinapis alba White Mustard 3 0
Sinomenium acutum Ching-Feng-Teng 2 0
Skimmia arborescens Skimmia 9 1, 560
Skimmia japonica Japanese Skimmia 1 0
Smilax china China Root 2 0
Smilax officinalis Sarsaparilla 2 18
Smilax regelii Sarsaparilla; Jamaica Sarsaparilla; Honduran Sarsaparilla; Brown Sarsaparilla 1 0
Smilax spp Sarsaparilla 3 18
Solanum aviculare 1 30, 000