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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Chemopreventive

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
UROLITHIN-A *
UROLITHIN-B *
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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 2 21, 500
Abies alba Silver-Fir 2 1, 232
Abies balsamea Balsam Fir 1 1, 550
Abies spectabilis 1 305
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 2 0
Acacia catechu Black Cutch; Catechu 1 0
Acacia decurrens Green Wattle 3 0
Acacia farnesiana Cassie; Huisache; Sweet Acacia; Opopanax; Popinac 3 3, 230
Acacia nilotica Babul 3 0
Achillea millefolium Yarrow; Milfoil 9 480
Acinos suaveolens 4 3, 831.599998474121
Aconitum napellus European Aconite; Monkshood; Aconite; Bear's-Foot; Blue Rocket; Friar's Cap; Garden Monkshood; Garden Wolfsbane; Helmet Flower; Queen's Fettle; Soldier's Cap; Turk's Cap 2 0
Acorus calamus Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot 2 8, 400
Actaea cimicifuga Sheng ma; Bugbane; Foetid Bugbane 1 0
Actaea dahurica Sheng ma; Xing an sheng ma 1 0
Actaea racemosa Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot 1 4.800000190734863
Actinidia chinensis Kiwi 3 24, 806
Adiantum capillus-veneris Maidenhair Fern 1 0
Adonis vernalis Spring Adonis 2 0
Aegle marmelos Bael de India; Bael fruit 3 2.5999999046325684