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

Chemical ID
ARGININE
Ubiquitous
Yes

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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Antidiabetic? Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antiencephalopathic Martindale's 29th
Antihepatitic Martindale's 29th
Antihypertensive *
Antiimpotence *
Antiinfertility 4 g/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antioxidant? *
Aphrodisiac 3 g/day *
Diuretic *
Hypoammonemic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NO-Genic *
Pituitary-Stimulant *
Spermigenic 4 g/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasodilator *
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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
Cryptotaenia japonica Shoot *
Cryptotaenia japonica Root *
Cucumis sativus Fruit 340.0 8608.0 1.1 *
Cucurbita foetidissima Seed 39900.0 143000.0 5.0 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
Cucurbita pepo Fruit 370.0 6429.0 0.6 *
Cucurbita pepo Seed 40330.0 81280.0 2.4 *
Cucurbita spp Fruit 500.0 7910.0 1.0 *
Daucus carota Root 430.0 3520.0 -0.4 *
Dioscorea pentaphylla Root 1120.0 6035.0 -0.2 *
Dryopteris marginalis Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Fagopyrum esculentum Seed 11910.0 -0.5 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
Ficus carica Fruit 170.0 814.0 -0.9 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Foeniculum vulgare Fruit 6800.0 7460.0 0.8 *
Foeniculum vulgare Seed 6800.0 7460.0 -0.7 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Fragaria spp Fruit 260.0 3084.0 -0.3 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Ginkgo biloba Seed 4200.0 11475.0 -0.6 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Glycine max Seed 28310.0 30950.0 0.3 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Glycine max Shoot *
Harpagophytum procumbens Root 840.0 -0.5 *
Helianthus annuus Seed 24030.0 82000.0 2.4 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)