Chemical ARGININE | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Chemical ID

ARGININE

Ubiquitous

Yes

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List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Dosage	Reference
Antidiabetic?	not available	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antiencephalopathic	not available	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatitic	not available	Martindale's 29th
Antihypertensive	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinfertility	4 g/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antioxidant?	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac	3 g/day	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Hypoammonemic	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NO-Genic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Pituitary-Stimulant	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Spermigenic	4 g/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasodilator	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Oenothera biennis	Seed	14100.0	15048.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Opuntia ficus-indica	Bud	not available	4955.0	not available	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
Opuntia ficus-indica	Seed	not available	27100.0	0.1	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
Pachyrhizus erosus	Tuber	720.0	6635.0	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Paeonia officinalis	Root	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Panax ginseng	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Panax ginseng	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Panax quinquefolius	Plant	11530.0	17615.0	1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Papaver bracteatum	Seed	18300.0	21650.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Papaver somniferum	Seed	19950.0	21401.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Perideridia gairdneri	Root	not available	8954.0	-0.1	Izadoost, M. & Robinson, T., Synergism & antagonism in the pharmacology of alkaloidal plants, pp 137-58 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds., Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture & Pharmacology, v. 2, 1987, 255pp.
Persea americana	Fruit	470.0	2293.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Phaseolus lunatus	Seed	4580.0	15390.0	-0.4	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Phaseolus vulgaris	Fruit	730.0	7503.0	0.9	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Phaseolus vulgaris	Seed	13370.0	15026.0	-0.4	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Phaseolus vulgaris	Sprout Seedling	2280.0	24516.0	1.4	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Phoenix dactylifera	Fruit	620.0	2090.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Phyllanthus emblica	Fruit	176.0	871.0	-0.9	Duke, 1992 *
Pinellia ternata	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Pinus edulis	Seed	22510.0	23920.0	0.0	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)