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Biological Activity Tumor-Promoter

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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
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
Citrus limon Lemon 1 192, 042
Citrus medica Citron 1 0
Citrus paradisi Grapefruit 2 220
Citrus reticulata Mandarin; Tangerine 2 193, 188
Citrus sinensis Orange 2 1, 214.6900000572205
Cocos nucifera Coconut; Coconut Palm; Copra; Nariyal; Kokospalme (Ger.); Cocotero (Sp.) 1 4, 410
Coleus barbatus Forskohl's Coleus 1 7, 800
Colocasia esculenta Taro 1 4, 130
Corchorus olitorius Jew's Mallow; Mulukiya; Nalta Jute 1 12, 000
Coriandrum sativum Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro 2 3, 961, 650
Crocus sativus Saffron 1 0
Croton tiglium Purging Croton 2 0
Cucumis sativus Cucumber 1 1, 012
Cucurbita foetidissima Buffalo Gourd 1 5, 472
Cucurbita pepo Pumpkin 1 6, 430
Cucurbita spp Summer Squash 1 1, 740
Cuminum cyminum Cumin 1 618
Curcuma longa Turmeric; Indian Saffron 1 3, 200
Cymbopogon citratus West Indian Lemongrass; Lemongrass 1 0
Daucus carota Carrot 1 900