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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humulus lupulus | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Illicium verum | Fruit | not available | 130.0 | 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.) |
| Inula helenium | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Jatropha curcas | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Juglans nigra | Seed | not available | 60.0 | -0.5 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Juglans regia | Seed | 20.0 | 85.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Juniperus communis | Fruit | 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. |
| Kalanchoe spathulata | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lactuca sativa | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laurus nobilis | Leaf | not available | 60.0 | -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.) |
| Lepidium meyenii | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Linum usitatissimum | Seed | 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. |
| Lycium chinense | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| Lycium chinense | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| Lycopersicon esculentum | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Magnolia kobus | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Malus domestica | Fruit | 10.0 | 60.0 | -0.1 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Medicago sativa | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Melissa officinalis | Tissue Culture | not available | 0.1 | -1.0 | Gbolade, A.A. and Lockwood, G.B. 1991. The Constituents of Melissa officinalis L. Cultures. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 111-114. |
| Mitchella repens | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |