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Biological Activity Deodorant

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
CHARCOAL not available Martindale's 29th
CHLOROPHYLL not available Merck 11th Edition
CURCUMIN not available Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
PROANTHOCYANIDINS not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PROCYANIDINS not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
TERPINOLENE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
THYMOL not available Martindale's 28th
UNDECYLENIC-ACID not available Can. Pharm. Assoc. Medication. 1988
ZINC not available Martindale's 29th
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Dendrobium nobile Noble Dendrobium 1 26
Dictamnus albus Akgiritotu; Burning Bush; Dittany; Gas Plant; Gazelotu 1 0
Dioscorea alata Greater Yam; Winged Yam 1 34
Dioscorea bulbifera Air Potato; Potato Yam 1 24
Dioscorea sp. Wild Yam 1 56
Dioscorea villosa Wild Yam 1 5.599999904632568
Diospyros virginiana American Persimmon 1 187
Drynaria fortunei Fortune's Fern 1 17
Duboisia myoporoides Corkwood Tree; Pituri 1 0
Echinacea purpurea Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower 1 15.299999713897705
Echinacea spp Coneflower; Echinacea 1 10.199999809265137
Elaeagnus umbellatus Russian Olive 1 20
Elettaria cardamomum Cardamom 1 28
Eleutherococcus senticosus Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin) 1 20.999999046325684
Elsholtzia pilosa Hairy Mint Shrub 1 85
Elsholtzia polystachya Bush Mint 2 500, 013.19999980927
Elytrigia repens Couchgrass; Doggrass; Quackgrass; Wheatgrass; Twitchgrass 2 210
Ephedra sinica Ma Huang; Chinese Ephedra 1 4.199999809265137
Ephedra spp Ma-Huang 1 8
Equisetum arvense Field Horsetail; Horsetail 1 0