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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Biological Activity Anticancer (Breast)

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
BETA-SITOSTEROL Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
CATECHOL Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
CURCUMIN *
D-LIMONENE 8,000 mg/kg *
GENISTEIN IC50=2.6-6.7 ug/ml *
LUTEIN Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
LYCOPENE *
PYROCATECHOL Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
TOCOPHEROL IC50=125 ug/ml *
ZEAXANTHIN Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Dioscorea villosa Wild Yam 1 700
Dipogon lignosus 1 0
Dodonaea viscosa Hopwood 1 0
Dolichos biflorus 1 0
Duchesnea indica False Strawberry; Indian Strawberry; Mock Strawberry 1 0
Dunbaria villosa 1 13
Echinacea angustifolia Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower 1 0
Echinacea pallida Echinacea; Pale-Flower Echinacea; Pale Purple-Coneflower 1 0
Echinacea purpurea Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower 1 0
Echinacea spp Coneflower; Echinacea 1 0
Echinospartium horridum 1 0
Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian Olive; Silver Berry 1 40
Elaeagnus pungens Thorny Silver Berry 1 0
Elaeagnus umbellatus Russian Olive 1 250
Elettaria cardamomum Cardamom 1 480
Eleutherococcus senticosus Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin) 1 0
Equisetum arvense Field Horsetail; Horsetail 2 0
Erinacea anthyllis 1 0
Eriobotrya japonica Loquat 1 150
Eriosema glomeratum 1 6