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
Cinchona spp	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Cinnamomum verum	Bark	not available	210.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Citrullus colocynthis	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Citrullus lanatus	Fruit	not available	10.0	-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.)
Citrus limon	Fruit	not available	80.0	-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.)
Citrus limon	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Citrus paradisi	Fruit	not available	130.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Citrus reticulata	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Citrus reticulata	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Citrus sinensis	Fruit	not available	170.0	-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.)
Clematis vitalba	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Cnicus benedictus	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Cnicus benedictus	Seed	not available	243.0	-0.5	Jim Duke's personal files.
Coccinia grandis	Root	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.
Coccinia grandis	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Coccinia grandis	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Cocos nucifera	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Cocos nucifera	Fruit	not available	270.0	-0.4	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Coffea arabica	Seed	520.0	530.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Coix lacryma-jobi	Root	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.