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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
HYDROXYGENKWANIN Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
INULIN Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ISOMANGIFERIN Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
LIMONENE *
LINALOOL Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
LOBELINE Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
LYCORINE List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MARRUBIIN 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.
MENTHOL Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
METHYL-CYSTEINE-HYDROCHLORIDE *
METHYL-ISOEUGENOL Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NEVADENSIN *
PINENE *
PINITOL FEA *
PLATYCODIN *
RORIFON *
SANGUINARINE 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.
SCILLITIN *
SELINENE *
TERPIN Merck 11th Edition
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Cichorium intybus Chicory; Witloof; Succory 3 2, 550, 000
Cimicifuga racemosa Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot 1 0
Cinnamomum aromaticum Cassia; Cassia Bark; Cassia Lignea; Chinese Cassia; Chinese Cinnamon; China Junk Cassia; Saigon Cinnamon; Zimtcassie (Ger.); Canela de la China (Sp.); Canelero chino (Sp.); Chinazimt (Ger.); Chinesischer Zimtbaum (Ger.); Kashia-Keihi (Jap.); Canelle de Cochinchine (Fr.); Cannelier Casse (Fr.); Cannelier de Chine (Fr.) 7 536
Cinnamomum camphora Camphor; Ho Leaf 9 453, 290
Cinnamomum verum Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon 9 133, 894
Cistus ladaniferus Ambreine; Gum Cistus; Labdanum; Rockrose 7 148, 680
Citrullus colocynthis Colocynth 3 0
Citrullus lanatus Watermelon 3 0
Citrus aurantiifolia Lime 7 8, 000
Citrus aurantium Petitgrain; Bitter Orange 11 22, 514
Citrus limon Lemon 11 3, 042, 643
Citrus medica Citron 2 0
Citrus mitis Calamansi; Calamondin 3 33.19999980926514
Citrus paradisi Grapefruit 8 309
Citrus reticulata Mandarin; Tangerine 9 211, 768.40000000596
Citrus sinensis Orange 9 12, 084.110000059009
Cleistocalyx fullageri 1 59, 488
Cleonia lusitanica Spanish Heal-All 6 518
Cnicus benedictus Blessed Thistle 3 0
Cocos nucifera Coconut; Coconut Palm; Copra; Nariyal; Kokospalme (Ger.); Cocotero (Sp.) 2 0