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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
ALLICIN 100 mg/kg/man Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ALLYL-PROPYL-DISULFIDE 125 mg/kg/man Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ARBUTIN Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GALLIC-ACID Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NICKEL Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
PYROGALLOL Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TOCOPHEROL 1,000 IU Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
VITAMIN-E 1,000 IU Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak 2 10.299999624490738
Quercus stellata Post Oak 1 2.5
Quercus velutina Black Oak 1 12.399999618530273
Raphanus sativus Radish 1 0.7099999785423279
Rheum officinale Chinese Rhubarb 1 25.700000762939453
Rheum palmatum Chinese Rhubarb 1 0
Rheum rhabarbarum Rhubarb 2 57
Rhododendron ferrugineum Rusty-Leaved Alpenrose 1 0
Rhododendron ponticum Pontic Alpenrose 1 0
Rhus copallina Dwarf Sumac; Winged Sumac 1 25.399999618530273
Rhus coriaria Sicilian Sumac; Sumac; Tanner's Sumac 1 0
Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac 1 6.699999809265137
Rhynchosia minima Burn Mouth Vine 1 0
Ribes nigrum Black Currant 1 0.10100000351667404
Ribes rubrum Red Currant; White Currant 1 1.2000000476837158
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry 2 56.400000005960464
Ricinus communis Castorbean 1 0
Rosa canina Rose; Dogbrier; Dog Rose 2 3
Rosa centifolia Cabbage Rose 1 0
Rosa gallica French Rose 1 0