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Chemical DIHYDROCARVEOL

Chemical ID
DIHYDROCARVEOL
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage
LD50=>5,000 mg/kg (orl rat)
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
FLavor FEMA 5-500 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Irritant not available Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Anethum graveolens Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Anethum graveolens Leaf 150.0 400.0 0.9 Duke, 1992 *
Apium graveolens Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Apium graveolens Seed Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
Apium graveolens Fruit Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 1.0 Duke, 1992 *
Apium graveolens Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Carum carvi Fruit 360.0 720.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
Carum carvi Plant not available 950.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Carum carvi Seed 200.0 780.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
Carum carvi Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Cleonia lusitanica Leaf 1.0 8.0 -1.4 Perez-Alonso, M., Velasco-Negueruela, A., and Lopez-Saez, A. 1991. The Essential Oil of Cleonia lusitanica. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 441-442.
Ephedra sinica Essential Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
Mentha longifolia Shoot 1.0 3150.0 1.4 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Mentha spicata Leaf 13.0 325.0 0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Mentha spicata Essential Oil not available 29000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
Mentha spicata Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Origanum onites Shoot not available 0.0 -0.7 Biondi, D., Cianci, P., Geraci, C. and Ruberto, G. 1993. Antimicrobial Activity and Chemical Composition of Essential Oils from Sicilian Aromatic Plants. Flav. & Frag. J. 8: 331-7.
Piper nigrum Fruit Essent. Oil not available 100.0 -1.0 Duke, 1992 *
Piper nigrum Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Piper nigrum Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *