Chemical BETA-SITOSTEROL | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Chemical ID

BETASITOSTEROL

Ubiquitous

Yes

List of known dosages
Dosage	Reference
LDlo=>10,000 (inj rat)
ADI=9-30 g/day/man	Martindale's 28th
LD50=3,000 mg/kg (ipr mus)

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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
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.

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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
Artemisia dracunculus	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
Artemisia herba-alba	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia vulgaris	Plant	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Arundo donax	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Asarum canadense	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Asclepias syriaca	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Asparagus lucidus	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Astragalus membranaceus	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
Astrocaryum vulgare	Seed Oil	not available	783100.0	1.0	Szpiz, R. R., Pereira, D. A., Lago, R. C. A. 1980. Comparison Between Oils From Three Brazilian Palms. Bol. Rec. Cent. Tecnol. Agric. Aliment (Rio de Janeiro) 14: 33-46. Cent Technol Agric Aliment Empresa Brasil Pesqui Aropecu Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Avena sativa	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
Avena sativa	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Avena sativa	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Azadirachta indica	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Azadirachta indica	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Bacopa monnieri	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
Balanites aegyptiacus	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Beta vulgaris	Root	not available	not available	not available	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Beta vulgaris	Leaf	not available	130.0	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Boswellia serrata	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets, e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.