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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
ALISOL-A *
ALISOL-A-MONOACETATE *
ALISOL-B *
ALISOL-B-MONOACETATE *
CAFFEIC-ACID Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
CHARCOAL ED25-40=24 g/day/orl/man Martindale's 29th
CHLOROGENIC-ACID Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
ESTROGENS 0.625 mg/wmn/day *
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 300 mg/meal Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
S-METHYL-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Abelmoschus esculentus Okra 1 24
Acacia nilotica Babul 1 0
Achillea millefolium Yarrow; Milfoil 2 0
Aconitum napellus European Aconite; Monkshood; Aconite; Bear's-Foot; Blue Rocket; Friar's Cap; Garden Monkshood; Garden Wolfsbane; Helmet Flower; Queen's Fettle; Soldier's Cap; Turk's Cap 2 0
Actaea cimicifuga Sheng ma; Bugbane; Foetid Bugbane 1 0
Actaea dahurica Sheng ma; Xing an sheng ma 1 0
Adonis vernalis Spring Adonis 2 0
Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony; Sticklewort 2 0
Albizia lebbeck East Indian Walnut; Siris Tree; Frywood; Koko; Lebbek; Lebbek Tree; Women's-Tongue Tree 1 0
Alisma plantago-aquatica Mud Plantain; Tse-Hsieh; Water Plantain; Ze-Xie 5 0
Allium ampeloprasum Elephant Garlic; Kurrat 2 0
Allium cepa Onion; Shallot 3 32
Allium sativum var. sativum Garlic 4 5, 742.5
Allium schoenoprasum Chives 2 40.5
Althaea officinalis Marshmallow; White Mallow 2 0
Anacardium occidentale Cashew 1 13
Ananas comosus Pineapple 2 11
Anemarrhena asphodeloides Chih-Mu; Zhi-Mu 1 0
Anethum graveolens Dill; Garden Dill 2 2, 280
Angelica archangelica Garden Angelica; Angelica; Wild Parsnip 2 0