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

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

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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
Rosa gallica Flower 2.0 4.0 -0.4 *
Rosmarinus officinalis Shoot 0.5 -0.5 Tucker, A. O. and Maciarello, M. J. 1998. The essential oils of some rosemary cultivars. Flavor and Fragrance Journal, 1: 137-142. 1986.
Santalum album Wood *
Sassafras albidum Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Scutellaria baicalensis Root Essent. Oil *
Stevia rebaudiana Flower Kinghorn, A. D. (Ed.) 2002. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles. Stevia. The genus Stevia. Taylor & Francis. New York, NY. 211 pp.
Stevia rebaudiana Leaf Kinghorn, A. D. (Ed.) 2002. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles. Stevia. The genus Stevia. Taylor & Francis. New York, NY. 211 pp.
Syzygium aromaticum Fruit *
Syzygium aromaticum Essential Oil 61000.0 627000.0 1.1 *
Syzygium aromaticum Bulb *
Syzygium aromaticum Flower 108655.0 180000.0 2.6 *
Syzygium aromaticum Leaf 7920.0 26400.0 2.3 *
Syzygium aromaticum Bark *
Syzygium aromaticum Stem 36000.0 57000.0 1.0 *
Syzygium aromaticum Leaf Essent. Oil *
Tanacetum parthenium Fruit Essent. Oil 1000.0 *
Tanacetum parthenium Essential Oil *
Thymus capitatus Shoot 21.0 -0.5 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.
Thymus cilicicus Shoot 0.1 -0.5 Tumen, G., Koyuncu, M., Kirimer, N., and Baser, K.H.C. 1994. Composition of the Essential Oil of Thymus cilicicus Boiss. & Bal. J. Ess. Oil Res. 6: 97-8.
Thymus funkii Shoot 5.0 -0.5 Vila, R., et al. 1995. Composition and study of the variability of the essential oil of Thymus funkii Cousson. Flav. & Fragr. J. 10(6): 379-383.