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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carica papaya | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Carica papaya | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Carica papaya | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Carica papaya | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Carica papaya | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Carum carvi | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carum carvi | Seed | not available | 420.0 | -0.5 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Casimiroa edulis | Seed | 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. |
| Catalpa longissima | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| Catharanthus roseus | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986. |
| Caulophyllum thalictroides | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Ceiba pentandra | Bark | not available | not available | not available | =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp |
| Centaurea calcitrapa | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Centaurea cyanus | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Centaurium erythraea | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Centella asiatica | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Centella asiatica | Essential Oil | not available | 2000.0 | 1.0 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Ceratonia siliqua | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| Chimaphila umbellata | 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. |
| Chrysanthemum x morifolium | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |