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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
Maranta arundinacea Arrowroot; Bermuda Arrowroot 1 0
Marrubium vulgare Horehound; White Horehound 2 0
Matricaria recutita Annual Camomile; German Camomile; Wild Camomile 2 0
Medicago sativa Alfalfa; Lucerne 2 36
Melia azedarach Chinaberry 1 0
Melilotus officinalis Yellow Sweetclover 1 0
Melissa officinalis Balm; Lemonbalm; Melissa; Bee Balm 2 84, 400
Mentha spicata Spearmint; Hortela da Folha Miuda 1 34
Mentha x piperita Peppermint 3 16
Mentha x rotundifolia Applemint 1 0
Menyanthes trifoliata Bogbean; Buckbean; Bog Myrtle; Marsh Clover; Marsh Trefoil; Water Trefoil 2 0
Moringa oleifera Ben Nut; Drumstick Tree; Horseradish Tree; Benzolive Tree; Moringa; West Indian Ben; Jacinto (Sp.) 1 0
Morus alba Sang-Pai-Pi; White Mulberry 2 0
Murraya sp None 1 7.699999809265137
Musa x paradisiaca Banana; Plantain 1 20.200000762939453
Myristica fragrans Mace; Nutmeg; Muskatnussbaum (Ger.); nogal moscado (Sp.); nuez moscada (Sp.) 1 80
Nasturtium officinale Berro; Watercress 1 124
Nicotiana tabacum Tobacco 2 0
Ocimum basilicum Basil; Sweet Basil; Cuban Basil 1 57, 300
Oenothera biennis Evening-Primrose 2 531, 600