An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. Hypercholesterolemic

Hypercholesterolemic

Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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
ASIATICOSIDE Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CAFESTOL *
LAURIC-ACID Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
MYRISTIC-ACID Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
PALMITIC-ACID Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SUCROSE Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
List of Activity Plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column.
Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Valeriana jatamansi Indian Valerian 1 0
Valeriana officinalis Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope 1 249, 000
Vanilla planifolia Vanilla; Bourbon Vanilla 3 700, 540
Veratrum album White Hellebore 1 0
Verbascum thapsus Mullein; Velvetplant; Flannelleaf; Flannelplant; Great Mullein 2 4, 828, 000
Vernonia cinerea Purple fleabane 2 45, 600
Vetiveria zizanioides Cus-Cus; Vetiver; Cuscus Grass 2 0
Viburnum opulus Crampbark; European Cranberry Bush; Guelder Rose; Snowballbush 2 66, 400
Viburnum prunifolium Black Haw 3 0
Vicia faba Broadbean; Faba Bean; Habas 2 19, 110
Vigna aconitifolia Mat Bean; Moth Bean 1 6, 930
Vigna angularis Adzuki Bean 1 381
Vigna mungo Black Gram 2 19, 525
Vigna radiata Green Gram; Mungbean 3 51, 152
Vigna unguiculata Cowpea; Black-eyed Pea; Crowder Pea; Southern Pea 3 194, 018
Viola odorata Common Violet; Sweet Violet 1 0
Virola surinamensis Ucahuba; Ucuuba 3 1, 281, 800
Viscum album European Mistletoe 2 0
Vitellaria paradoxa Butterseed; Shea Nut; Shea-Butter-Tree; Sheatree; Shea 2 389, 900
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 2 156, 720