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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
Taxus baccata Common Yew 1 0
Tecoma stans Yellow Elder 1 0
Tephrosia candida White Tephrosia 1 26
Tephrosia purpurea Purple Tephrosia; Wild Indigo 1 20, 600
Terminalia bellirica Beleric Myrobalan; Bahera; Myrobalan Belleric; Myrobalan; Belleric 1 1, 014, 650
Terminalia catappa Indian Almond; Tropical Almond; Malabar Almond 2 553, 355.399999857
Terminalia chebula Ink Nut; Myrobalan; Black Myrobalan; Chebulic Myrobalan 1 339, 200
Terminalia pallida 1 35, 000
Tetragonia tetragonioides New Zealand Spinach 3 9, 105
Tetrapanax papyrifera Rice Paper Tree; Tong-Cao; Tung-Tsao 2 6, 486
Teucrium polium Golden Germander 1 0
Theobroma angustifolium Castarica; Emerald Cacao 1 47, 200
Theobroma bicolor Nicaraguan Cacao; Pataste 2 20, 338
Theobroma cacao Cacao 2 41, 345
Thespesia populnea Indian tulip tree 1 86, 400
Thevetia neriifolia Yellow oleander 1 37, 800
Thevetia peruviana Peruvian Yellow Oleander; Luckynut; Yellow Oleander; Oleandre Jaune (Fr.); Thevetie (Ger.); Loandro-Amarelo (Port.); Adelfa Amarilla (Sp.); Cabalonga (Sp.); Chirca (Sp.) 1 379, 890
Thymus vulgaris Common Thyme; Garden Thyme; Thyme 5 38, 680.5
Tilia sp. Basswood; Lime; Linden 2 0
Trachyspermum ammi Ajwan 1 43