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Chemical ID
BETASITOSTEROL
Ubiquitous
Yes
| Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|
| LDlo=>10,000 (inj rat) | |
| ADI=9-30 g/day/man | Martindale's 28th |
| LD50=3,000 mg/kg (ipr mus) |
| Activity | Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Androgenic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | not available | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiadenomic | not available | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiandrogenic | not available | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antibacterial | not available | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
| Anticancer (Breast) | not available | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiedemic | IC54=320 mg/kg orl | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | not available | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifeedant | not available | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | not available | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotrophic | not available | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukemic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphomic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimutagenic | 250 ug/ml | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiophidic | 2.3 mg mus | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abelmoschus esculentus | Fruit | not available | 150.0 | -0.6 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Abelmoschus moschatus | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| Abies spectabilis | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Abrus precatorius | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| Acacia senegal | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| Achillea millefolium | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Achyranthes bidentata | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Actinidia chinensis | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aesculus hippocastanum | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Aesculus hippocastanum | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Aesculus hippocastanum | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Agastache rugosa | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Agave sisalana | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| Ageratum conyzoides | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| Aglaia odorata | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| Agrimonia eupatoria | Shoot | not available | 25.0 | -1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ailanthus altissima | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ajuga bracteosa | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Ajuga bracteosa | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| Albizia lebbeck | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |