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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
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 *
List of chemical plants.
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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 Bulb 120.0 510.0 -1.0 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 sativum var. sativum Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Allium sativum var. sativum Bulb 13.0 555.0 1.0 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 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 *
Anethum graveolens Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Angelica archangelica Seed 1.5 9.5 -0.6 Duke, 1992 *