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
Brassica juncea	Leaf	20.0	500.0	-0.8	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis l.	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis l.	Flower	120.0	1200.0	-0.8	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Brassica oleracea var. capitata l.	Leaf	70.0	700.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera	Leaf	170.0	1700.0	-0.2	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Brassica oleracea var. italica	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
Brassica rapa	Root	50.0	500.0	-0.3	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Brassica rapa	Leaf	90.0	900.0	-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.)
Caesalpinia pulcherrima	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Cajanus cajan	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Calendula officinalis	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Calotropis sp.	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Camellia sinensis	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Camellia sinensis	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Camellia sinensis	Leaf	2130.0	2230.0	0.1	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Capparis spinosa	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Capsella bursa-pastoris	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Capsicum annuum	Fruit	60.0	1190.0	0.8	Duke, 1992 *
Capsicum annuum	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Capsicum frutescens	Fruit	60.0	70.0	-0.7	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)