Chemical ID
CYSTEINE
Ubiquitous
Yes
Activity | Dosage | Reference |
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AntiAddisonian | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Antibiotic | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Anticataract | not available | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Anticytotoxic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiophthalmic | not available | Martindale's 28th |
Antioxidant | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
Antitumor | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiulcer | not available | Martindale's 29th |
Cancer-Preventive | not available | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
Detoxicant | not available | Merck 11th Edition |
Glutathionergic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Ophthalmic-Antialkali | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Pesticide | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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Acacia senegal | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
Allium cepa | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Ueda, Y., Taubuku, T., Miyajima, R. 1994. Composition of Sulfur-Containing Components in Onion and Their Flavor Characters. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem., 58(1): 108-110. |
Allium sativum var. sativum | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Allium sativum var. sativum | Bulb | not available | 0.0 | not available | LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp. |
Aloe vera | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Yagi, A., Shida, T., Nishimura, H. 1987. Effect of Amino Acids in Aloe Extract on Phagocytosis by Peripheral Neutrophil in Adult Bronchial Asthma. Jap. J. Allergol. 36(12): 1094-1101. |
Camellia sinensis | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Citrullus lanatus | Fruit | not available | 236.0 | -1.0 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
Citrullus lanatus | Seed | not available | 5742.0 | 0.2 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
Coffea arabica | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Cucurbita foetidissima | Seed | 2150.0 | 3080.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Daucus carota | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Ginkgo biloba | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
Glycine max | Seed | 5880.0 | 6430.0 | 0.4 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
Helianthus annuus | Seed | 4510.0 | 16000.0 | 2.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypericum perforatum | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Linum usitatissimum | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -1.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Opuntia ficus-indica | Seed | not available | 5740.0 | 0.2 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
Oryza sativa | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Panax ginseng | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Panax quinquefolius | Plant | not available | 200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |