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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Dosage Reference
Carcinogenic? Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Carminative Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Choleretic *
CNS-Depressant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor IC97=1,000 uM *
COX-2-Inhibitor IC>97=1,000 uM *
COX-2-Inhibitor IC50=129 uM *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytotoxic 25 ug/ml Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Dermatitigenic *
Enterorelaxant J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
FLavor FEMA 10-500 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide *
Hepatoprotective 100 ppm *
Herbicide *
Insecticide *
Insectifuge Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Irritant *
Juvabional Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide *
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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 Plant *
Anethum graveolens Leaf 280.0 750.0 -0.7 *
Anethum graveolens Essential Oil *
Apium graveolens Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
Apium graveolens Seed Essent. Oil *
Artemisia capillaris Essential Oil *
Artemisia dracunculus Shoot Essent. Oil *
Artemisia dracunculus Shoot *
Artemisia dracunculus Essential Oil *
Aspalathus linearis Leaf Essent. Oil 13600.0 -1.0 *
Boronia megastigma Flower *