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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
Dioscorea pentaphylla Mountain Yam 1 595
Elaeagnus umbellatus Russian Olive 1 485
Elettaria cardamomum Cardamom 1 98, 000
Eryngium creticus Cretan culantro 1 3, 715
Eucalyptus albens not available 1 0.10000000149011612
Eucalyptus astringens not available 1 0.10000000149011612
Eucalyptus blakelyi not available 1 0.10000000149011612
Eucalyptus bosistoana not available 1 30
Eucalyptus botryoides not available 1 0.10000000149011612
Eucalyptus brassiana Brasses' Eucalyptus 1 35
Eucalyptus camaldulensis not available 1 14
Eucalyptus citriodora Lemon Eucalyptus; Lemon-Scented Gum; Spotted Gum; Citron-Scented Gum 1 24, 720
Eucalyptus cladocalyx not available 1 22
Eucalyptus dealbata not available 1 13
Eucalyptus diversicolor not available 1 0.10000000149011612
Eucalyptus globulus Blue Gum; Eucalypt; Tasmanian Bluegum 1 12, 000
Eucalyptus maculata Gum 1 0.10000000149011612
Eucalyptus maideni not available 1 0.10000000149011612
Eucalyptus melliodora not available 1 35
Eucalyptus moluccana not available 1 48