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

Biological Activity Anticold

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID 1-2 g/man/day *
PSEUDOEPHEDRINE Martindale's 29th
ZINC 50 mg Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Viscum album European Mistletoe 2 7, 586
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 2 39, 056
Xanthosoma sagittifolium Malanga; Tannia; Yautia 1 57
Yucca baccata Spanish Bayonet; Yucca; Banana Yucca; Blue Yucca 2 529.5999999046326
Zea mays Corn 2 116
Zingiber officinale Ginger 2 662
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 2 11, 709
Zizyphus spina-christi Syrian Christ-Thorn 1 330