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Biological Activity Sweetener

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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
CURCULIN 550 x sucrose Duke, 1992 *
CYNARIN not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
DEXTROSE 0.74 x sucrose Martindale's 28th
DIHYDROQUERCETIN-3-ACETATE 50 X sucrose Duke, 1992 *
DULCITOL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DULCOSIDE-A 30 x sucrose Duke, 1992 *
ERYTHRITOL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ESGOSIDE 300 x sugar Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
FRUCTOSE 2 x glucose Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GALACTOSE 0.32 x sucrose Martindale's 28th
GLYCYPHYLLIN not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZIN 50 X sucrose 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.
HAEMATOXYLIN not available Duke, 1992 *
HERNANDULCIN 1000-1500 x sucrose Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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.
LACTOSE 0.16 x sucrose Martindale's 28th
LEVULOSE 1.73 x sucrose Martindale's 28th
MALTOL not available Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
MALTOSE 0.32 x sucrose Martindale's 28th
MANNITOL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Daphne mezereum Spurge Laurel; Spurge Olive 1 0
Datura stramonium Jimsonweed 2 0
Daucus carota Carrot 6 339, 000
Dianthus barbatus Sweet William 1 0
Dianthus caryophyllus Carnation; Clove Pink; Oeillet (Fr.); Nelke (Ger.); Clavel (Sp.) 1 0
Digitalis purpurea Purple Foxglove 2 0
Dipsacus fullonum not available 1 0
Drimys winteri Winter's Bark 1 0
Echinacea angustifolia Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower 3 207, 600
Echinacea pallida Echinacea; Pale-Flower Echinacea; Pale Purple-Coneflower 1 0
Echinacea purpurea Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower 1 102, 000
Echinacea spp Coneflower; Echinacea 2 0
Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian Olive; Silver Berry 1 0
Eleocharis dulcis Water chestnut 1 317, 500
Eleutherococcus senticosus Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin) 3 30, 610.499992370605
Elytrigia repens Couchgrass; Doggrass; Quackgrass; Wheatgrass; Twitchgrass 4 225, 345
Equisetum arvense Field Horsetail; Horsetail 3 0
Eriobotrya japonica Loquat 2 0
Erythroxylum coca Coca 1 0
Eucalyptus globulus Blue Gum; Eucalypt; Tasmanian Bluegum 1 0