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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Biological Activity Lubricant

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
ERUCIC-ACID Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MYRISTIC-ACID Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PALMITIC-ACID Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
STEARIC-ACID Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Fagopyrum esculentum Buckwheat 3 3, 695
Ferula assa-foetida Asafetida; Asafoetida; Assa-foetida; Devil's Dung; Stinkasant (Ger.); Asafetida (Sp.); test 1 1, 486, 100
Ficus carica Fig; Figuier Commun (Fr.); Echte Feige (Ger.); Feigenbaum (Ger.); Fico (Ital.); Figueira (Port.); Higo (Sp.); Higuera Comun (Sp.) 3 200, 816
Foeniculum vulgare Fennel 1 12, 000
Fragaria spp Strawberry 2 2, 136
Frangula purshiana Cascara Sagrada; Cascara Buckthorn 1 0
Fucus vesiculosus Bladderwrack; Kelp 3 0
Ganoderma lucidum Reishi; Ling Zhi 2 0
Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo; Maidenhair Tree 3 515, 824
Glechoma hederacea Alehoof 1 0
Glycine max Soybean 4 35, 247
Glycyrrhiza glabra Commom Licorice; Licorice; Smooth Licorice; Licorice-Root 1 0
Gossypium sp Cotton 3 60, 857
Harpagophytum procumbens Devil's Claw; Grapple Plant 2 0
Hedera helix Ivy 1 17, 550
Helianthus annuus Sunflower; Girasol 3 121, 800
Hibiscus sabdariffa Roselle; Indian Sorrel; Jamaica Sorrel; Kharkadi; Red Sorrel; Sorrel; Malventee (Ger.); Rosella (Ger.); Acedera de Guinea (Sp.); Rosa de Jamaica (Sp.); Sereni (Sp.) 3 0
Hippophae rhamnoides Sallow Thorn; Sea Buckthorn; Yellow Spine 2 80, 220
Holarrhena pubescens Tellicherry Bark; Zhi Xie Mu; Conessi; Kurchi 2 118, 880
Hordeum vulgare Barley; Barleygrass 2 11, 000