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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
DIOSMETIN not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
EICOSANOL not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
ELLAGIC-ACID 3 ppm Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
EPICATECHIN-GALLATE not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
ERIODICTYOL not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
ESCULETIN not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
ESCULIN not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ESTRAGOLE not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
EUGENOL not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
FERULIC-ACID not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
FIBER not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
FOLIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
FRAXINOL not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
GALANGIN not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
GALLIC-ACID not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
GAMMA-DECALACTONE not available Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
GENISTEIN 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
Rauvolfia vomitoria African Snakeroot 1 0
Ravensara aromatica Ravensara 7 18, 842
Rehmannia glutinosa Chinese Foxglove 6 24, 000
Rhamnus cathartica Buckthorn; European Buckthorn 2 0
Rheum officinale Chinese Rhubarb 11 20, 091.80009841919
Rheum palmatum Chinese Rhubarb 9 14, 306.5
Rheum rhabarbarum Rhubarb 20 271, 960.30000019073
Rhizophora mangle Red Mangrove 6 667, 283
Rhododendron dauricum Chinese Alpenrose 10 0
Rhododendron ferrugineum Rusty-Leaved Alpenrose 2 0
Rhododendron ponticum Pontic Alpenrose 9 120, 000
Rhodymenia palmata Dulse 5 121.10000002384186
Rhus coriaria Sicilian Sumac; Sumac; Tanner's Sumac 7 840, 000
Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac 2 270, 000.25
Rhus toxicodendron Poison Ivy 6 0
Rhynchosia acuminatifolia not available 1 6
Rhynchosia cabibaea not available 1 5
Rhynchosia densiflora not available 1 6
Rhynchosia hirsuta not available 1 6
Rhynchosia minima Burn Mouth Vine 3 236, 606