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Biological Activity Anticarcinogenic

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List of activity chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Dosage Reference
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANINS not available Duke, 1992 *
ARJUNOLIC-ACID not available Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
BIOCHANIN-A not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CAFFEIC-ACID not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
CAFFEINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ACONITIC-ACID not available Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
CURCUMIN not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOSMIN not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN not available Duke, 1992 *
NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC-ACID not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RESVERATROL not available Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-3,5,4'-TRIHYDROXYSTILBENE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Abrus precatorius Crab's Eye; Jequerity; Coral Beadplant; Indian Licorice; Licorice Vine; Love Bean; Lucky Bean; Minnie-Minnies; Prayer Beads; Precatory Bean; Red Beadvine; Rosary Pea; Weatherplant; Weathervine; Jequirity Bean 1 0
Acacia nilotica Babul 2 0
Achillea millefolium Yarrow; Milfoil 4 0
Acinos suaveolens not available 1 66.5999984741211
Aconitum napellus European Aconite; Monkshood; Aconite; Bear's-Foot; Blue Rocket; Friar's Cap; Garden Monkshood; Garden Wolfsbane; Helmet Flower; Queen's Fettle; Soldier's Cap; Turk's Cap 2 0
Actaea cimicifuga Sheng ma; Bugbane; Foetid Bugbane 2 0
Actaea dahurica Sheng ma; Xing an sheng ma 2 0
Adonis vernalis Spring Adonis 2 0
Agathosma betulina Buchu; Honey Buchu; Mountain Buchu 1 1, 500
Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony; Sticklewort 4 0
Ajuga iva Ivy Bugle 1 1, 000
Albizia lebbeck East Indian Walnut; Siris Tree; Frywood; Koko; Lebbek; Lebbek Tree; Women's-Tongue Tree 1 0
Alisma plantago-aquatica Mud Plantain; Tse-Hsieh; Water Plantain; Ze-Xie 1 0
Allium ampeloprasum Elephant Garlic; Kurrat 3 0
Allium cepa Onion; Shallot 3 1
Allium sativum var. sativum Garlic 3 47
Allium schoenoprasum Chives 2 1
Aloysia citrodora Lemon Verbena 1 0
Althaea officinalis Marshmallow; White Mallow 3 0
Ammi majus Bishop's Weed 1 0