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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
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE Martindale's 28th
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL *
APOMORPHINE 0.5-2 mg scu man Martindale's 28th
APOMORPHINE -1,400 mg orl man Martindale's 28th
APOMORPHINE 5-6 mg scu man Martindale's 29th
ASCORBIC-ACID 1 g 2-3x/day *
ATROPINE Martindale's 29th
DOPA *
DOPAMINE *
HARMALINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HARMINE *
HYOSCYAMINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HYOSCYAMINE-SULFATE Martindale's 28th
L-DOPA 250-8,000 mg/man/day *
METHIONINE 1-5 g/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NIACIN 100 mg/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
OCTACOSANOL 1-15 mg day *
PHENYLALANINE 200-500 mg/day/man Martindale's 28th
PUERARIN *
PYRIDOXINE 50 mg day *
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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 7 24, 404
Abrus precatorius Crab's Eye; Jequerity; Coral Beadplant; Indian Licorice; Licorice Vine; Love Bean; Lucky Bean; Minnie-Minnies; Prayer Beads; Precatory Bean; Red Beadvine; Rosary Pea; Weatherplant; Weathervine; Jequirity Bean 1 0
Acacia farnesiana Cassie; Huisache; Sweet Acacia; Opopanax; Popinac 6 180, 665
Acacia nilotica Babul 2 0
Acacia senegal Gum Arabic; Gum Arabic Tree; Kher; Senegal Gum; Sudan Gum Arabic 2 0
Acalypha indica Cancer Herb; Indian Acalypha; Copperleaf; Indian Nettle; Three-Seeded-Mercury 1 37, 700
Achillea millefolium Yarrow; Milfoil 3 7, 547.200000047684
Acorus calamus Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot 1 0
Actaea racemosa Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot 3 111.40000009536743
Actinidia chinensis Kiwi 3 6, 400
Aegle marmelos Bael de India; Bael fruit 2 2, 712
Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut 1 171.1999969482422
Agathosma betulina Buchu; Honey Buchu; Mountain Buchu 3 15, 036
Albizia lebbeck East Indian Walnut; Siris Tree; Frywood; Koko; Lebbek; Lebbek Tree; Women's-Tongue Tree 5 483
Aleurites moluccana Candlenut; Candleberry; Candlenut Tree; Indian Walnut; Lumbangtree; Varnishtree 1 0
Alisma plantago-aquatica Mud Plantain; Tse-Hsieh; Water Plantain; Ze-Xie 1 0
Alliaria petiolata Garlic Mustard 1 0
Allium ampeloprasum Elephant Garlic; Kurrat 7 13, 474
Allium cepa Onion; Shallot 8 29, 138.006000000052
Allium sativum var. sativum Garlic 8 31, 547.60000014305