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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Immunostimulant

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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
Vitex agnus-castus Chaste-Tree 1 0
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 17 95, 272.8959992379
Withania somnifera Ashwagandha 4 0
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Yellowroot 2 13, 000
Xanthosoma sagittifolium Malanga; Tannia; Yautia 3 130, 387.80000007153
Yucca baccata Spanish Bayonet; Yucca; Banana Yucca; Blue Yucca 5 3, 773.199999809265
Zanthoxylum alatum Indian Prickly Ash; Wartara Oil Tree 1 0
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 2 0
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Pepperbark; Southern Prickly Ash; Hercules'-Club; West Indian Yellowwood 2 0
Zea mays Corn 18 6, 171.800999803352
Zingiber officinale Ginger 12 14, 951.001000000047
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 5 42, 069
Zizyphus spina-christi Syrian Christ-Thorn 3 330