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
Hypocholesterolemic	9-3,330 mg/man/day/orl	Martindale's 28th
Hypoglycemic	not available	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic	2-6 g/day	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide	not available	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Ubiquiot	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	500 mg/kg ipr rat	Duke, 1992 *

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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Abelmoschus esculentus	Fruit	not available	150.0	-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.)
Abelmoschus moschatus	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
Abies spectabilis	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Abrus precatorius	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
Acacia senegal	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Achillea millefolium	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Achyranthes bidentata	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Actinidia chinensis	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Aesculus hippocastanum	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Aesculus hippocastanum	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Aesculus hippocastanum	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Agastache rugosa	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Agave sisalana	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
Ageratum conyzoides	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
Aglaia odorata	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
Agrimonia eupatoria	Shoot	not available	25.0	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Ailanthus altissima	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ajuga bracteosa	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Ajuga bracteosa	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
Albizia lebbeck	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.