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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
Anemarrhena asphodeloides Chih-Mu; Zhi-Mu 3 45, 800
Anemone pulsatilla Pasque Flower 1 0
Anethum graveolens Dill; Garden Dill 11 794, 414.0240000002
Angelica archangelica Garden Angelica; Angelica; Wild Parsnip 5 1, 650
Angelica dahurica Bai Zhi 4 28, 743.670000076294
Angelica laxiflora Tu Huo 3 26, 050
Angelica sinensis Dang Gui; Dong Quai; Dang Quai; Dang Qui; Dong Gui; Chinese Angelica 9 98, 846.40000003576
Annona cherimola Cherimoya 4 53, 235
Annona diversifolia Llama 2 1, 250
Annona glabra Pondapple 2 5, 530
Annona muricata Soursop 7 43, 125
Annona reticulata Custard Apple 5 26, 355
Annona squamosa Sugar-Apple; Sweetsop 5 77, 170
Anogeissus latifolia Gum Ghatti 2 30, 300
Anthriscus cerefolium Chervil 3 67, 109
Apium graveolens Celery 12 202, 263.55200001202
Arachis hypogaea Groundnut; Peanut 10 227, 516.0399999991
Aralia cordata Udo 3 69, 780
Araucaria bidwillii Monkey puzzle 1 0
Arctium lappa Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock 8 102, 109.19999992847