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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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ARBUTIN

Chemical ID
ARBUTIN
Ubiquitous
No
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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Allelochemic IC51=1.1 mM Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Antibacterial MIC=4,000-8,000 ppm *
Antiedemic 50 mg/kg *
Antimelanogenic IC50=40 uM *
Antiseptic 60-200 mg/man *
Antistreptococcic MIC=4,000-8,000 ppm Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antitussive Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Artemicide Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Candidicide Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Diuretic 60-200 mg/man Merck 11th Edition
Insulin-Sparing Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Mycoplasmistat Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Pesticide *
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor IC50=40 uM *
Urinary-Antiseptic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Vaccinium myrtillus Leaf 0.0 3000.0 -0.7 *
Vaccinium vitis-idaea Leaf 40000.0 90000.0 0.6 *
Viburnum opulus Plant Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Viburnum opulus Leaf 200.0 -0.8 *
Viburnum prunifolium Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Viburnum prunifolium Root Bark *