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 Sort descending	Dosage	Reference
Antioxidant	IC44=10 uM	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational	not available	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprostaglandin	30 mg/day/12 wks	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	not available	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	10-20 mg 3 x/day/orl man	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	not available	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antitumor (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.
Antitumor (Cervix)	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	not available	Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Apoptotic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	LC50=110 ppm	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Cancer-Preventive	not available	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	not available	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Caspase-8-Inducer	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge	not available	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Gonadotrophic	not available	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hepatoprotective	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	2-6 g/man/day/orl	Martindale's 30th

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