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Chemical 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
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
Acaricide LD50=5.47 ug/sq cm cf DEET at 37.59 ug/sq cm Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic not available Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic not available Merck 11th Edition
Anesthetic 200-400 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antiaggregant IC50=0.3 uM Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antiarachidonate not available Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial MBC=400 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
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 not available 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 not available Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antigenotoxic 50-500 mg/kg orl mus Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic IC50=16.2-25.6 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory (11 uM) IC~97=1,000 uM Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic IC50=16.2-25.6 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimutagenic not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinitrosating not available Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 10 uM Duke, 1992 *
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
Acacia farnesiana Flower not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Achillea millefolium Plant not available not available not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
Agastache rugosa Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
Agathosma betulina Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Ageratum conyzoides Shoot not available 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 not available not available not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
Anethum graveolens Leaf 280.0 750.0 -0.7 Duke, 1992 *
Anethum graveolens Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Anethum graveolens Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Apium graveolens Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
Apium graveolens Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia capillaris Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia dracunculus Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia dracunculus Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia dracunculus Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Aspalathus linearis Leaf Essent. Oil not available 13600.0 -1.0 Duke, 1992 *
Boronia megastigma Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *