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Chemical BETA-ELEMENE

Chemical ID
BETAELEMENE
Ubiquitous
No

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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 Sort descending Dosage Reference
Anticancer (Cervix) not available Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antigliomic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferant not available Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) not available Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Apoptotic not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Sort descending Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Mentha spicata Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Metrosideros sclerocarpa Leaf 47.0 188.0 0.6 Duke, 1992 *
Micromeria varia Shoot not available 0.0 -0.3 Pedro, L.G., et al. 1995. Composition of the Essential oil of Micromeria varia Benth. ssp. thymoides (Sol. ex Lowe) Perez var. thymoides, and endemic species of the Madeira Archipelago. flav. & Fragr. J. 10(3): 199-202.
Micromeria varia Shoot 0.0 not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Moldavica thymiflora Plant not available 148.0 0.1 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Murraya koenigii Leaf 5.0 155.0 0.4 Duke, 1992 *
Myroxylon balsamum Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Myrtus communis Plant 3.0 4.0 -0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Nepeta cataria Plant 4.0 155.0 0.1 Bourrel, C., Perineau, F., Michel, G., Bessiere, J.M. 1993. Catnip (Nepeta cataria L.) Essential Oil: Analysis of Chemical Constituents, Bacteriostatic and Fungistatic Properties. J. Ess. Oil Res., 5: 159-167.
Ocimum basilicum Plant not available 12.0 -0.4 Die Nahrung. Pino, J., Rosado, A., Goire, I., Roncal, E., and Garcia, I. 1993. Analysis of the Essential Oil from Cuban Basil. Die Nahrung 37:(5): 501-504.
Ocimum basilicum Shoot Essent. Oil 4900.0 81600.0 1.4 Duke, 1992 *
Ocimum basilicum Essential Oil not available 16100.0 -0.9 Duke, 1992 *
Ocimum gratissimum Plant 5.0 65.0 -0.2 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Ocimum gratissimum Shoot not available 425.0 1.1 Vostrowsky, O., Garbe, W., Bestmann, H.J. and Maia, J.G.S. 1990. Essential Oil of Alfavaca, Ocimum gratissimum, from Brazilian Amazon. Zeitschr. Naturforschung 45(C): 1073-6.
Ocimum tenuiflorum Leaf 120.0 1080.0 5.3 Duke, 1992 *
Opopanax chironium Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Origanum vulgare Plant 6.0 30.0 -0.4 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Origanum vulgare Shoot Essent. Oil not available 1100.0 -0.7 Duke, 1992 *
Panax ginseng Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Panax ginseng Flower Essent. Oil not available 29000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *