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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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CITRAL

Chemical ID
CITRAL
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=4,960 (orl rat)
ADI=500 ug/kg Martindale's 28th
ADI=0.5 gm/kg
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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Antiviral *
Apoptotic *
Barbituate-Synergist *
Bronchorelaxant Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist *
Cancer-Preventive Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Carcinogenic *
Caspase-3-Inducer *
Chemopreventive *
Cytotoxic *
Estrogenic *
Expectorant Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
FLavor FEMA 4-170 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide MIC 625 ug/ml *
Glaucomagenic *
Glutathionigenic *
Herbicide IC50=115 uM Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Myorelaxant 200 mg/kg *
Nematicide IC52=100 ug/ml Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematicide MLC=100-260 ug/ml Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
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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
Mentha x rotundifolia Shoot 9.0 150.0 1.0 *
Monarda citriodora Plant *
Nepeta cataria Plant *
Ocimum basilicum Essential Oil 700000.0 1.7 *
Ocimum basilicum Plant 560.0 7000.0 0.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Ocimum canum Shoot List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Ocimum gratissimum Plant Tramil
Ocimum tenuiflorum Plant *
Origanum majorana Plant *
Panax ginseng Root Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Panax ginseng Root Essent. Oil *
Pelargonium graveolens Essential Oil *
Perilla frutescens Essential Oil 200000.0 -0.1 *
Perilla frutescens Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
Pimenta racemosa Leaf 8000.0 31200.0 1.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Pinus sylvestris Leaf Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Piper nigrum Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Psidium guajava Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Rosa centifolia Essential Oil *
Rosa gallica Flower *