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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
Pouteria campechiana Canistel 3 3, 080
Pouteria viridis Green Sapote; Sapote Verde 2 4, 180
Prosopis juliflora Mesquite 3 20, 800
Prunella vulgaris Self-Heal; Heal-All 5 553, 320
Prunus armeniaca Apricot 9 41, 789.69999998808
Prunus cerasus Sour Cherry 9 22, 758
Prunus domestica Plum 11 51, 488.86000000313
Prunus dulcis Almond 11 30, 049.509999986738
Prunus laurocerasus Cherry Laurel 2 0
Prunus persica Peach 11 70, 253.90600002697
Prunus salicifolia Capulin; Wild Cherry 2 4, 990
Prunus serotina Black Cherry; Wild Cherry 5 216, 000
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn; Sloe 2 0
Psidium cattleianum Strawberry Guava 7 22, 570
Psidium guajava Guava 7 43, 146
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Asparagus Pea; Goa Bean; Winged Bean 7 311, 533.5
Psoralea corylifolia Babchi; Black Dot; Malaya Tea 1 44, 910
Psoralea esculenta Indian Bread-Root; Prairie Apple; Prairie Potato; Indian Turnip; Breadroot; Prairie Turnip 6 67, 968
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken; Bracken Fern 2 0
Pterocarpus marsupium Indian Kino; Malabar Kino; bijasal 2 0