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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
Lavandula angustifolia English Lavender 1 10, 500
Lavandula x intermedia Dutch Lavender; Lavandin 1 0
Lens culinaris Lentil 1 2, 826
Lentinus edodes Shiitake 1 0
Lepidium meyenii Maca; Peruvian Ginseng 1 980
Levisticum officinale Lovage 1 30
Linum usitatissimum Flax; Linseed 1 0.17800000309944153
Lippia javanica Lemon Bush; Umsuzwane (Zulu) 1 0
Lupinus albus White Lupine 1 3, 225
Lycopersicon esculentum Tomato 1 1, 157
Malus domestica Apple 1 124
Mangifera indica Mango 1 700
Manihot esculenta Cassava; Tapioca; Yuca 1 4, 095
Medicago sativa Alfalfa; Lucerne 1 0
Melaleuca alternifolia Teatree 1 3, 025
Melicoccus bijugatas Genip; Honey berry; Mamoncillo; Pitomba 1 1, 800
Melissa officinalis Balm; Lemonbalm; Melissa; Bee Balm 1 320
Mentha aquatica Water Mint 1 3, 060
Mentha arvensis var. piperascens Cornmint; Field Mint; Japanese Mint 1 0
Mentha longifolia Biblical Mint 1 33, 360