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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
1,8-CINEOLE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
4',5-DIHYDROXY-6,7-DIOXOMETHYLENE-FLAVONE-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
ACALYPHINE *
ACETIC-ACID Martindale's 28th
ALANTOLACTONE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ALPHA-PINENE Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp.
AMURENSINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AMURINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AMYGDALIN Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
ANETHOLE Martindale's 29th
APOMORPHINE *
ASTRAGALIN *
BENZOIC-ACID *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE *
BETAINE *
BORNYL-ACETATE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BORRECAPINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BORRELINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CAMPHENE Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Juniperus sabina Sabine 5 0
Juniperus virginiana Red Cedar 2 0
Justicia adhatoda Malabar Nut 2 31, 600
Justicia pectoralis Angel Of Death; Bolek Hena; Curia 1 0
Kaempferia galanga Maraba; Galanga 1 0
Kalanchoe pinnata Air Plant; Siempre Viva 1 0
Lactuca scariola Prickly Lettuce 1 0
Lantana camara Lantana; Wild Sage 10 242
Larrea tridentata Chaparral; Creosote Bush 4 0
Laurus nobilis Bayleaf; Sweet Bay; Grecian Laurel; Bay Laurel; Laurel; Bay 15 8, 489, 868
Lavandula angustifolia English Lavender 9 17, 250
Lavandula latifolia Aspic; Broad-Leaved Lavender; Spike Lavender 7 24, 321
Lavandula sp Lavender 1 0
Lavandula x hybrida Hybrid Lavender 5 4, 095
Lavandula x intermedia Dutch Lavender; Lavandin 8 6, 856
Leonotis leonurus Lion's Ear 3 4, 093
Leonurus cardiaca Motherwort 3 30
Lepechinia calycina Epling's Lepechinia 6 2, 695
Lepechinia schiediana Schiede's Lepechinia 2 240
Leptospermum polygalifolium 1 137, 500