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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
Conium maculatum Poison Hemlock; Hemlock; Spotted Hemlock; Fool's Parsley; Carrot Fern; Spotted Parsley 1 0
Consolida ajacis Larkspur 1 0
Convallaria majalis Lily-Of-The-Valley 1 0
Conyza canadensis Butterweed; Hogweed; Horseweed 1 0
Coptis chinensis Chinese Goldthread; Huang-Lian; Huang-Lien 3 38, 010
Coptis japonica Huang-Lia; Huang-Lian; Huang-Lien; Japanese Goldthread 3 50, 680
Coptis spp Generic Goldthread 3 12, 670
Corchorus olitorius Jew's Mallow; Mulukiya; Nalta Jute 7 283, 281
Coriandrum sativum Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro 10 331, 056
Coriaria myrtifolia Mealy Tree 1 0
Coriaria thymifolia Ground Toot; Shanshi 1 0
Cornus florida American Dogwood 2 0
Cornus mas Cornelian Cherry; Sorbet 1 0
Cornus officinalis Chinese Dogwood 3 23, 580
Corylus americana American Filbert; American Hazel 1 0
Corylus avellana English Filbert; European Filbert; European Hazel; Hazel; Cobnut 7 81, 014.67500008643
Crataegus cuneata Hawthorn 4 16, 430
Crataegus laevigata Hawthorn; English Hawthorn; Whitethorn; Woodland Hawthorn 8 77, 588
Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn; English Hawthorn 2 40
Crataegus rhipidophylla Hawthorn 8 19, 415