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Chemical ID
BETAELEMENE
Ubiquitous
No
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| Activity | 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 * |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mentha spicata | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Shoot Essent. Oil | 4900.0 | 81600.0 | 1.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ocimum basilicum | Essential Oil | not available | 16100.0 | -0.9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 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 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 1100.0 | -0.7 | 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. |
| Panax ginseng | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 150000.0 | 1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Panax ginseng | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |