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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE Martindale's 28th
5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN 25 mg/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
ALLOPURINOL Martindale's 28th
ASCORBIC-ACID 2,000 mg/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
BETA-AMYRIN-PALMITATE *
CAFFEIC-ACID *
CALCIUM Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
ELEMICIN ihl Jim Duke's personal files.
FOLACIN Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
FOLIC-ACID 800 ug/day *
GLAZIOVINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GLUTAMINE Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
HYPERICIN Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
IBOGAINE *
ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
LIQUIRITIGENIN Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
LITHIUM Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
MAGNESIUM Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
MELATONIN Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
MYRISTICIN Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Chrysobalanus icaco Cocoa plum; Icaco 2 8, 390
Chrysophyllum cainito Caimito; Star Apple 4 19, 090
Cicer arietinum Chickpea; Garbanzo 8 60, 220
Cichorium endivia Endive; Escarole 11 254, 295.9679999575
Cichorium intybus Chicory; Witloof; Succory 8 266, 868
Cimicifuga dahurica Sheng Ma 4 29, 800
Cimicifuga racemosa Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot 5 36, 296.40000009537
Cinchona pubescens Quinine; Red Cinchona; Red Peruvian-Bark; Redbark 1 0
Cinchona spp Quinine 1 0
Cinnamomum aromaticum Cassia; Cassia Bark; Cassia Lignea; Chinese Cassia; Chinese Cinnamon; China Junk Cassia; Saigon Cinnamon; Zimtcassie (Ger.); Canela de la China (Sp.); Canelero chino (Sp.); Chinazimt (Ger.); Chinesischer Zimtbaum (Ger.); Kashia-Keihi (Jap.); Canelle de Cochinchine (Fr.); Cannelier Casse (Fr.); Cannelier de Chine (Fr.) 4 496, 928
Cinnamomum burmannii Java Cinnamon; Padang Cassia 2 46, 000
Cinnamomum camphora Camphor; Ho Leaf 2 0
Cinnamomum sieboldii Japanese Cinnamon 2 36, 000
Cinnamomum verum Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon 4 24, 630
Cistanche salsa Broomrape; Cistanchis Herba; Jou Tsung Jung 3 58, 920
Citrullus colocynthis Colocynth 2 122
Citrullus lanatus Watermelon 9 43, 486.518000006676
Citrus aurantiifolia Lime 4 17, 316
Citrus aurantium Petitgrain; Bitter Orange 4 53, 414
Citrus limon Lemon 5 23, 528