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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
Angelica sinensis Dang Gui; Dong Quai; Dang Quai; Dang Qui; Dong Gui; Chinese Angelica 1 0
Annona muricata Soursop 1 585
Annona reticulata Custard Apple 1 245
Annona squamosa Sugar-Apple; Sweetsop 1 750
Apium graveolens Celery 2 16, 755
Arachis hypogaea Groundnut; Peanut 1 6, 642
Arctium lappa Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock 1 900
Artemisia absinthium Wormwood 1 0
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 1 0
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 2 0
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 1 0
Artocarpus altilis Breadfruit 1 2, 815
Asimina triloba Pawpaw 1 536
Aspalathus linearis Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea 1 16, 200
Asparagus officinalis Asparagus 1 3, 871
Avena sativa Oats 1 5, 000
Averrhoa carambola Carambola; Star Fruit 1 880
Ballota nigra Black Horehound 1 3
Basella alba Vinespinach 1 4, 060
Benincasa hispida Waxgourd 1 515