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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
CROCIN 100 mg/kg *
CURCUMIN HerbalGram No. 24, page 37.
CYNARIN 200-250 mg/3x/day Martindale's 28th
DICAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DICINNAMOYLMETHANE Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
DICOUMAROL 40 mg/kg Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
ESCULETIN Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
ESCULETIN-6,7-DIMETHYL-ETHER Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
ESCULETIN-METHYL-ETHER Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
ESCULIN Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
ESCULIN-METHYL-ETHER Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
EUGENOL *
EUPATOLIN Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
FERULIC-ACID Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
GALLIC-ACID Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GARDENIN Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
GARDENOSIDE Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
GENIPIN Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GENIPOSIDE *
GENTIOPICROSIDE Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Teucrium gnaphalodes Iberian Germander 1 0
Teucrium kotschyanum Stavros Kotschy's Germander 2 0
Teucrium marum Cat Thyme 1 0
Teucrium micropodioides Small 'Cyprus' Germander 2 12
Teucrium oxylepis 2 2.8200000524520874
Teucrium polium Iberian Golden Germander; Golden Germander 8 2
Teucrium pseudoscorodonia 2 0.2809999883174896
Teucrium salviastrum 2 0.9800000190734863
Teucrium scordium Water Germander 2 0
Teucrium scorodonia Germander; Wood Germander 5 46, 017.01999998093
Theobroma angustifolium Castarica; Emerald Cacao 3 458, 070
Theobroma bicolor Nicaraguan Cacao; Pataste 3 288, 622
Theobroma cacao Cacao 14 246, 159
Thespesia populnea Indian tulip tree 2 65, 700
Thevetia neriifolia Yellow oleander 1 385, 800
Thevetia peruviana Peruvian Yellow Oleander; Luckynut; Yellow Oleander; Oleandre Jaune (Fr.); Thevetie (Ger.); Loandro-Amarelo (Port.); Adelfa Amarilla (Sp.); Cabalonga (Sp.); Chirca (Sp.) 3 3, 890, 790
Thuja occidentalis Arbor-Vitae; Northern White-Cedar 3 0
Thymus broussonettii Moroccan Thyme 1 70
Thymus capitatus 'Sicilian' Thyme; Spanish Origanum; Spanish Thyme 3 1, 323
Thymus cilicicus 'Anatolian' Thyme 2 1, 515.1000000014901