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Chemical BETA-SITOSTEROL

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
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
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
Aleurites fordii Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Alisma plantago-aquatica Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Allium ampeloprasum Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Allium cepa Seed Oil not available not available not available Grujic-Injac, B., Basarevic-Dinic, L., Lajsic, S., Stefanovic, D. 1985. Chemical Analysis of Seed Oil of the Onion (Allium cepa). Hrana Ishrana, 25: 167-169 (Inst Ishr Vet Fak Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
Allium cepa Seed not available not available not available Kintia, P. K., Degtiaryova, L. P., Balashova, N. N., Shvets, S. A. 1987. Sterols and Steroidal Glycosides of Bulb Onion Seeds. Fecs. Int. Conf. Chem. Biotechol. Biol. Act. Nat. Prod., (Proc.) 3rd: 166-170.
Allium cepa Bulb 120.0 510.0 -1.0 Duke, 1992 *
Allium sativum var. sativum Bulb 13.0 555.0 1.0 Duke, 1992 *
Allium sativum var. sativum Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Alnus glutinosa Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Aloe vera Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Aloe vera Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Amaranthus spinosus Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
Anacardium occidentale Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Ananas comosus Fruit not available 40.0 -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.)
Anastatica hierochuntica Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Anethum graveolens Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Anethum graveolens Plant not available 490.0 -0.1 Duke, 1992 *
Anethum graveolens Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Anethum graveolens Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Angelica archangelica Seed 1.5 9.5 -0.6 Duke, 1992 *