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Biological Activity Cancer-Preventive

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
BIOCHANIN-A not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
BOWMAN-BIRK-INHIBITOR (BBI) not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
CAFFEINE not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
CALMODULIN not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
CAMPHOR not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
CAPSAICIN not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
CARNOSOL not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
CARVONE not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
CATECHIN not available Duke, 1992 *
CATECHOL not available Duke, 1992 *
CEDRENE not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
CEPHARANTHINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
CHLOROPHYLL not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
CHRYSIN not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
CINNAMALDEHYDE not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
CINNAMIC-ACID not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
CINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
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