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

Biological Activity Anticoronary

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
BETA-CAROTENE 50 mg/man/2 days *
CARNITINE 1,500 ug/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
FOLIC-ACID 400 ug/man/day *
LIGNIN *
LINOLEIC-ACID Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAGNESIUM 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
SELENIUM 200 ug/day *
TOCOPHEROL 100-200 IU/day *
VITAMIN-E 100-200 IU/day *
ZINC 30 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
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Rubus idaeus Red Raspberry; Raspberry 6 40, 635
Rumex acetosa Garden Sorrel 3 5, 720
Rumex crispus Curly Dock; Lengua De Vaca; Yellow Dock; Sour Dock 4 14, 270
Ruscus aculeatus Butcher's Broom; Box-Holly 4 4, 712.999999761581
Ruta graveolens Rue 1 0
Salix alba White Willow 5 260, 603.19999992847
Salvia miltiorrhiza Dan-Shen; Red Sage; Tan-Shen 2 9, 726
Salvia officinalis Sage 5 75, 874.90000009537
Salvia sclarea Clary Sage 1 53, 488
Salvia sp. Chia 1 169, 200
Sambucus canadensis American Elder; Elderberry; American Elderberry; Sweet Elder 2 678, 472
Sambucus nigra European Alder; European Elder; European Elderberry; Elder; Black Elder 4 9, 760
Santalum acuminatum Sweet Quandong; Quandong; Quandong Nut 2 5, 172
Santalum album White Sandalwood 1 0
Sassafras albidum Sassafras 3 11, 807
Satureja hortensis Summer Savory 2 75, 634
Schisandra chinensis Chinese Magnolia Vine; Schizandra; Wu Wei Zu; Wu Wei Zi; Magnolia Vine; Five-Flavor-Fruit 4 16, 930.199999928474
Schizonepeta tenuifolia Ching-Chieh; Jing-Jie 2 6, 836
Scrophularia buergeriana Hsuan-Shen; Yuan-Shen 2 4, 146
Scutellaria baicalensis Chinese Skullcap; Huang Qin; Baikal Skullcap 2 21, 714