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Biological Activity Cancer-Preventive

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List of activity chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Dosage Reference
(+)-CATECHIN not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
(-)-EPICATECHIN not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
2-PHENYLETHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
3',4',5,6,7,8-HEXAMETHOXYFLAVONE not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
3,3'-DIINDOLYMETHANE not available Duke, 1992 *
3,3'-INDOYL-DIMETHANE not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
3,4-DICAFFEOYL-QUINIC-ACID not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
3-INDOLEMETHANOL not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
4',5,6,7,8-PENTAMETHOXY-FLAVONE not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
4-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-BENZOYL-OXY-METHYL)-PHENYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
4-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
4-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
4-HYDROXYCOUMARIN 5-25 ug/ml Gawron, A. and Glowniak, K. 1987. Cytostatic Activity of Coumarins in vitro. Planta Medica 1987: 526.
5-HYDROXY-3',4,6',7,8-PENTAMETHOXYFLAVONE not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
ACETIC-ACID-ETHYL-ETHER not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
AESCULETIN not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
AESCULIN not available Jim Duke's personal files.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Dictamnus albus Akgiritotu; Burning Bush; Dittany; Gas Plant; Gazelotu 10 96.99999988079071
Dictamnus hispanicus not available 1 0
Digitalis lanata Grecian Foxglove 3 200
Digitalis purpurea Purple Foxglove 8 0
Dioclea glycinoides not available 1 15
Dioscorea alata Greater Yam; Winged Yam 6 111, 436.60000005364
Dioscorea bulbifera Air Potato; Potato Yam 2 192, 800
Dioscorea pentaphylla Mountain Yam 13 39, 020
Dioscorea sp. Wild Yam 6 26, 213.649999976158
Dioscorea villosa Wild Yam 8 151, 449.40000003576
Diospyros digyna Black Sapote; Sapote Negro 4 18, 695
Diospyros virginiana American Persimmon 6 43, 990
Dipogon lignosus not available 1 0
Dipsacus fullonum not available 5 272, 000
Dipteryx odorata Tonka Bean; Dutch Tonka Bean 8 107, 700
Dodonaea viscosa Hopwood 10 271, 585
Dolichos biflorus not available 1 0
Dracocephalum thymiflora Thyme-Flowered Moldavica 4 320
Drimys winteri Winter's Bark 3 0
Drynaria fortunei Fortune's Fern 1 0