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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
PAEONIFLORIN 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.
PHORBOL *
PHOSPHORUS Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
PILOCARPINE *
PLUMBAGIN 0.01-1 ug/ml *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
PYCNOGENOL *
RICIN Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
ROSMARINIC-ACID *
S-ALLYL-L-CYSTEINE *
SAIKOSAPONIN Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
SAPOSHNIKOVAN-A *
SELENIUM 100-200 (-400) ug/man/day Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
SITOINDOSIDE-IX 100-400 ug/mus Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
SITOINDOSIDE-X 100-400 ug/mus Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
SITOINDOSIDES Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
SQUALENE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SYRINGIN *
TANNIC-ACID McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
TENULIN 2.5 mg/kg *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Cornus florida American Dogwood 2 1, 500
Cornus mas Cornelian Cherry; Sorbet 1 0
Cornus officinalis Chinese Dogwood 2 12
Corydalis spp Fumewort 1 0
Corylus americana American Filbert; American Hazel 3 0
Corylus avellana English Filbert; European Filbert; European Hazel; Hazel; Cobnut 6 23, 417.40000002086
Costus speciosus Crepe Ginger; Wild Ginger; Cane Reed 1 0
Crataegus cuneata Hawthorn 2 14
Crataegus laevigata Hawthorn; English Hawthorn; Whitethorn; Woodland Hawthorn 11 133, 368
Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn; English Hawthorn 5 60, 000
Crataegus pentagyna Hawthorn 1 0
Crataegus rhipidophylla Hawthorn 11 33, 360.40000009537
Crescentia alata Jicaro 2 10, 020.20000000298
Crocus sativus Saffron 2 0
Crotalaria juncea Sunhemp 1 0
Croton lechleri Sangre de Drago; Sangre de Grado; Sangre de Dragon; Dragons Blood 2 0
Croton tiglium Purging Croton 2 0
Cucumis melo Cantaloupe; Melon; Muskmelon; Netted Melon; Persian Melon; Nutmeg Melon 8 43, 452.02400000114
Cucumis sativus Cucumber 10 20, 109.799999952316
Cucurbita foetidissima Buffalo Gourd 1 2, 820