Chemical ID
BETASITOSTEROL
Ubiquitous
Yes
Dosage | Reference |
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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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Activity | Dosage | Reference |
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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 |
Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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Curcuma longa | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Curcuma longa | Root | not available | 510.0 | -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.) |
Cuscuta reflexa | 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. |
Cymbopogon citratus | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
Cymbopogon flexuosus | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
Cymbopogon parkeri | 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. |
Cynara cardunculus | Leaf | 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. |
Cytisus scoparius | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Daphne genkwa | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Daphne mezereum | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Daucus carota | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Dendrobium nobile | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Dictamnus albus | Leaf | 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. |
Dioscorea villosa | Root | 70.0 | 700.0 | -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.) |
Dodonaea viscosa | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Duchesnea indica | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Echinacea angustifolia | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Echinacea pallida | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
Echinacea purpurea | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
Echinacea spp | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 253. |