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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
Annona muricata Soursop 3 2, 404.600000023842
Annona reticulata Custard Apple 3 630.2000000029802
Annona squamosa Sugar-Apple; Sweetsop 2 1, 570.4000000059605
Anthriscus cerefolium Chervil 3 70, 310
Apium graveolens Celery 5 70, 905.60200005374
Aquilegia vulgaris Columbine 1 64, 560
Arachis hypogaea Groundnut; Peanut 5 389, 720.72000000626
Arctium lappa Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock 6 388, 855.8000000715
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry; Uva Ursi 4 2, 767.2000000476837
Areca catechu Betel Nut; Pin-Lang 4 1, 032
Argemone mexicana Prickly Poppy 1 188, 600
Arisaema consanguineum Chinese Jack-In-The-Pulpit 2 114
Arisaema triphyllum Jack-In-The-Pulpit 1 0
Aristolochia debilis Chinese Birthwort 2 1, 920
Armoracia rusticana Horseradish 4 9, 172.900000095367
Arracacia xanthorrhiza Arracacha; Peruvian Carrot 1 7.599999904632568
Artemisia absinthium Wormwood 1 500
Artemisia capillaris Capillary Wormwood 3 1, 022
Artemisia cina Levant Wormseed 1 0
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 3 3, 544