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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 IC65=30 ppm *
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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
Croton eluteria Bark *
Croton lechleri Plant Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Cuminum cyminum Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Cuminum cyminum Fruit *
Curcuma longa Tuber *
Curcuma longa Essential Oil 2100.0 -0.7 *
Curcuma longa Rhizome Essent. Oil 2100.0 *
Cymbopogon winterianus Plant 66.0 233.0 -0.5 *
Cynara cardunculus Essential Oil Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Daucus carota Seed 7000.0 1.4 *
Dianthus caryophyllus Flower 0.6 870.0 -0.4 *
Drimys winteri Bark *
Elsholtzia blanda Shoot 0.9 -0.5 Bestman, H.J., Rauscher, J., Vostrowsky O., Pant, A.K., Dev. V., Perihar, R. and Mathela, C.S. 1992. Constituents of the Essential Oil of Elsholtsia blanda Benth. (Labiatae). J. Ess. Oils Res. 4: 121-124
Ephedra sinica Shoot 4.0 -0.5 *
Eucalyptus brassiana Leaf 0.0 -0.8 Singh, A. K., Gupta, K. C., & Brophy, J. J. 1991. Chemical Constituents of the Leaf Essential Oil of Eucalyptus brassiana S. T. Blake. Journal of Essential Oil Res. 3: 45-7.
Eucalyptus citriodora Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Eucalyptus citriodora Essential Oil *
Ficus carica Flower *
Ficus carica Fruit *
Foeniculum vulgare Root Essent. Oil 2000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.