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Biological Activity Lipotropic

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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
BETAINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE not available Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
LECITHIN not available Merck 11th Edition
METHIONINE not available Merck 11th Edition
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Digitalis purpurea Purple Foxglove 2 0
Dioscorea pentaphylla Mountain Yam 1 970
Echinacea angustifolia Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower 1 3, 000
Echinacea purpurea Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower 1 0
Echinacea spp Coneflower; Echinacea 1 0
Elettaria cardamomum Cardamom 1 6, 858
Elytrigia repens Couchgrass; Doggrass; Quackgrass; Wheatgrass; Twitchgrass 1 150, 000
Equisetum arvense Field Horsetail; Horsetail 1 0
Euphorbia hirta Queensland Asthma Herb 2 0
Euphrasia officinalis Eyebright 1 0
Fagopyrum esculentum Buckwheat 1 0
Ferula sumbul Sumbul 1 0
Ficus carica Fig; Figuier Commun (Fr.); Echte Feige (Ger.); Feigenbaum (Ger.); Fico (Ital.); Figueira (Port.); Higo (Sp.); Higuera Comun (Sp.) 1 2, 296
Foeniculum vulgare Fennel 2 6, 604
Fragaria spp Strawberry 2 739
Ganoderma lucidum Reishi; Ling Zhi 2 0
Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo; Maidenhair Tree 2 3, 040
Glechoma hederacea Alehoof 1 0
Gloriosa superba Glory Lily 1 0
Glycine max Soybean 5 30, 382.490000009537