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Chemical ID
CAMPESTEROL
Ubiquitous
No
| Activity | Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antioxidant | IC37=10 uM | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypocholesterolemic | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abelmoschus esculentus | Fruit | not available | 30.0 | -0.4 | 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 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Abrus precatorius | Seed | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Acacia farnesiana | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| Acacia farnesiana | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Aesculus hippocastanum | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| 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. |
| Aleurites fordii | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | 10.0 | 50.0 | -1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allium sativum var. sativum | Bulb | 0.0 | 150.0 | 1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allium schoenoprasum | Leaf | not available | 10.0 | -0.8 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| 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. |
| Ananas comosus | Fruit | not available | 10.0 | -0.6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anethum graveolens | Plant | not available | 490.0 | 1.9 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Annona cherimola | Seed | 1700.0 | 2200.0 | 3.9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Annona muricata | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |