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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
SORBITOL Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Althaea officinalis Marshmallow; White Mallow 1 0
Capsella bursa-pastoris Shepherd's Purse 1 0
Cocos nucifera Coconut; Coconut Palm; Copra; Nariyal; Kokospalme (Ger.); Cocotero (Sp.) 1 0
Crataegus laevigata Hawthorn; English Hawthorn; Whitethorn; Woodland Hawthorn 1 0
Crataegus rhipidophylla Hawthorn 1 0
Malus domestica Apple 1 0
Nicotiana tabacum Tobacco 1 0
Phoenix dactylifera Date Palm 1 0
Plantago major Common Plantain 1 15, 000
Prunus armeniaca Apricot 1 0
Prunus cerasus Sour Cherry 1 0
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 1 72, 800
Rubus idaeus Red Raspberry; Raspberry 1 0
Serenoa repens Saw Palmetto; Scrub-Palmetto 1 0
Sorbus aucubaria Rowan Berry 1 0
Terminalia chebula Ink Nut; Myrobalan; Black Myrobalan; Chebulic Myrobalan 1 0