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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
ELLAGIC-ACID 2/3 quercetin *
ELLAGIC-ACID >50 x tocopherol Osawa, T. Phenolic Antioxidants in Dietary Plants as Antimutagens.Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.11 p.142.
ELLAGIC-ACID IC98=30 ppm *
ELLAGITANNIN *
EMBELIN *
EPICATECHIN 3/4 quercetin *
EPICATECHIN 2.5 x Vit. E *
EPICATECHIN IC50=10.2 uM *
EPICATECHIN IC50=6.3 ug/ml Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE IC50=0.16 ug/ml Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
EPICATECHIN-GALLATE >10 x tocopherol Osawa, T. Phenolic Antioxidants in Dietary Plants as Antimutagens.Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.11 p.142.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN IC50=1.4 ug/ml Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE IC50=0.14 ug/ml Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
EPIROSMANAL *
ERIODICTYOL *
ESCIN *
ESCULIN Jim Duke's personal files.
ETHYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-TUBERONATE 30 mM *
ETHYL-GALLATE Martindale's 28th
EUCHRESTINE-B >tocopherol *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Amomum compactum Round Cardamom; Chester Cardamom; Siam Cardamom; Java Cardamom 1 0
Amomum xanthioides Bastard Cardamom; Chin Kousha; Malabar Cardamom; Tavoy Cardamom 2 2, 260
Amorphophallus campanulatus Elephant-Foot Yam 4 303.0000002384186
Amorphophallus konjac Devil's Tongue; Konjac; Leopard Palm; Umbrella Arum; Elephant Yam; Snake Palm 5 0
Amphicarpaea bracteata Hog Peanut 3 16, 765
Amphicarpaea edgworthii 1 11
Anabasis aphylla Anabasis 2 0
Anacardium occidentale Cashew 19 272, 769.5000003725
Anadenanthera peregrina Cohoba; Niopo 3 0
Anamirta cocculus Levant Berry 2 10, 980
Ananas comosus Pineapple 19 163, 865
Anaphalis margaritacea Pearly Everlasting 1 0
Anastatica hierochuntica Jericho Rose 8 0
Andrographis paniculata Creat 2 0
Anemarrhena asphodeloides Chih-Mu; Zhi-Mu 3 26, 080
Anemone pulsatilla Pasque Flower 3 0
Anethum graveolens Dill; Garden Dill 42 534, 409.2240007631
Angelica archangelica Garden Angelica; Angelica; Wild Parsnip 22 181, 711.5
Angelica dahurica Bai Zhi 2 110
Angelica laxiflora Tu Huo 1 83