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

Chemical ID
EUGENOL
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=2,680 (orl rat) Jim Duke's personal files.
LD50=3,000 (orl mus)
LDlo=500 (orl rat)
ADI=2.5 mg/kg Martindale's 28th

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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Acaricide LD50=5.47 ug/sq cm cf DEET at 37.59 ug/sq cm *
Allergenic *
Analgesic Merck 11th Edition
Anesthetic 200-400 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antiaggregant IC50=0.3 uM Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antiarachidonate *
Antibacterial MBC=400 ug/ml *
Antibacterial 500 ppm Valnet, J. 1982. The Practice of Aromatherapy. Translated from the 1980 French Edition by Robin Campbell and Libby Houston. Destiny Books, New York. 279 pp.
Anticonvulsant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiedemic 100 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 95.
Antiestrogenic *
Antifeedant Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antigenotoxic 50-500 mg/kg orl mus *
Antiherpetic IC50=16.2-25.6 ug/ml *
Antiinflammatory (11 uM) IC~97=1,000 uM *
Antikeratotic IC50=16.2-25.6 ug/ml *
Antimitotic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimutagenic Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinitrosating *
Antioxidant 10 uM *
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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
Acacia farnesiana Flower CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Achillea millefolium Plant Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Acorus calamus Rhizome 30.0 300.0 -0.7 *
Agastache rugosa Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
Agathosma betulina Leaf Essent. Oil *
Ageratum conyzoides Shoot 800.0 0.2 R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260.
Aloysia citrodora Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Alpinia galanga Rhizome 100.0 12000.0 1.4 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Alpinia officinarum Rhizome 90.0 400.0 -0.7 *
Anethum graveolens Leaf 280.0 750.0 -0.7 *
Anethum graveolens Essential Oil *
Anethum graveolens Plant *
Apium graveolens Seed Essent. Oil *
Apium graveolens Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
Artemisia capillaris Essential Oil *
Artemisia dracunculus Shoot *
Artemisia dracunculus Shoot Essent. Oil *
Artemisia dracunculus Essential Oil *
Aspalathus linearis Leaf Essent. Oil 13600.0 -1.0 *
Boronia megastigma Flower *