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Biological Activity Tumor-Promoter

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
CATECHOL <0.2% diet Jim Duke's personal files.
INDOLE-3-CARBINOL not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
INGENOL-3,20-DIBENZOATE not available Duke, 1992 *
INGENOL-3-DELTA-2,4,6,8,10-PENTENE-TETRADECANOATE not available Duke, 1992 *
INGENOL-3-DODECANOATE not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL not available Duke, 1992 *
PHELLANDRENE not available Duke, 1992 *
PHORBOL not available Merck 11th Edition
PROSTAGLANDIN-E-2 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN not available J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Abelmoschus esculentus Okra 1 1, 710
Acacia farnesiana Cassie; Huisache; Sweet Acacia; Opopanax; Popinac 2 2, 250
Achillea millefolium Yarrow; Milfoil 1 8, 000
Acinos suaveolens not available 1 1, 800
Acorus calamus Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot 1 36, 000
Aegle marmelos Bael de India; Bael fruit 1 6, 720
Agastache rugosa not available 1 0
Allium ampeloprasum Elephant Garlic; Kurrat 1 0
Allium cepa Onion; Shallot 2 3, 706
Allium sativum var. sativum Garlic 3 1, 584
Allium schoenoprasum Chives 1 3, 955
Aloysia citrodora Lemon Verbena 1 35
Alpinia galanga Greater Galangal; Siamese Ginger; Languas 2 0
Alpinia officinarum Lesser Galangal; Chinese Ginger 1 0
Amaranthus sp. Pigweed 1 3, 729
Anacardium occidentale Cashew 1 2, 411
Anadenanthera peregrina Cohoba; Niopo 1 0
Ananas comosus Pineapple 1 0
Anethum graveolens Dill; Garden Dill 2 0
Angelica archangelica Garden Angelica; Angelica; Wild Parsnip 2 30