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| Chemical Name | Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTHOCYANOSIDE | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 350 mg/day | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 400 mg/day | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 1 g 3x/day | Duke, 1992 * |
| BRAZILIN | ED50=100 uM | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHYMOTRYPSIN | not available | Martindale's 29th |
| CURCUMIN | 75 mg/kg orl rat | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTEINE | not available | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | not available | Shimizu, M., Horie, S., Terashima, S., Ueno, H., et al. 1989. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Natural Products.II. Active Components of a Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Para-parai mi,' Phyllanthus niruri. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(9): 2531-2532, 1989. |
| GLYCEROL | not available | Martindale's 29th |
| GLYCYRRHIZIN | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GOSSYPETIN-8-GLUCOSIDE | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GOSSYPIN | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HAEMATOXYLIN | ED50=100 uM | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISPIDULOSIDE | not available | Tomas-Barberan, F.A., Lopez-Gomez, C., Villar, A., and Tomas-Lorente, F. 1986. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Labiatae Flavonoids. Planta Medica 1986: 239. |
| L-CYSTEINE | 400 mg/man/day | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| LUTEOLIN | EC=3 ppm | Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993. |
| METHIONINE | not available | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| NEPETIN | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plant Name | Common Name | Chemical Count | Total Parts Per Million |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abelmoschus esculentus | Okra | 9 | 16, 949.300000071526 |
| Abelmoschus manihot | Manioc Hibiscus | 1 | 108 |
| Abelmoschus moschatus | Ambrette; Musk Okra; Tropical Jewel Hibiscus; Muskmallow | 1 | 0 |
| 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 | 1, 687, 500 |
| Abutilon theophrasti | Velvet Leaf; Butterprint; Indian-Mallow; Abutilon-Hemp | 1 | 0 |
| Acacia catechu | Black Cutch; Catechu | 3 | 0 |
| Acacia decurrens | Green Wattle | 1 | 0 |
| Acacia farnesiana | Cassie; Huisache; Sweet Acacia; Opopanax; Popinac | 7 | 62, 225 |
| Acacia nilotica | Babul | 6 | 0 |
| Acacia senegal | Gum Arabic; Gum Arabic Tree; Kher; Senegal Gum; Sudan Gum Arabic | 3 | 0 |
| Acalypha indica | Cancer Herb; Indian Acalypha; Copperleaf; Indian Nettle; Three-Seeded-Mercury | 1 | 113, 100 |
| Acanthopanax gracilistylis | Wu Chia Pi | 1 | 19 |
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow; Milfoil | 10 | 22, 646.39999985695 |
| Achyranthes bidentata | Chaff Flower | 1 | 51 |
| Acinos suaveolens | not available | 2 | 496.5999984741211 |
| Aconitum carmichaelii | Aconite; Fu-Tsu | 1 | 26 |
| Acorus calamus | Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot | 2 | 0 |
| Actaea dahurica | Sheng ma; Xing an sheng ma | 1 | 36 |
| Actaea racemosa | Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot | 6 | 312.7000000476837 |
| Actinidia chinensis | Kiwi | 6 | 19, 144 |