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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.
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
Calamintha nepeta Shoot 8.0 -0.5 Kirimer, N., Baser, K.H.C., Ozek, T. and Kurkcuoglo, M. 1992. Composition of the Essential Oil of Calamintha nepeta subsp. glandulosa. J. Ess. Oil Res. 4:189-190
Camellia sinensis Fruit Essent. Oil *
Camellia sinensis Fruit *
Cananga odorata Flower *
Capsicum annuum Fruit *
Cinnamomum aromaticum Bark 1.8 375.0 -0.7 *
Cinnamomum aromaticum Plant *
Cinnamomum aromaticum Leaf 2.8 400.0 -0.8 *
Cinnamomum camphora Plant *
Cinnamomum verum Leaf 1400.0 16800.0 1.2 Wealth of India.
Cinnamomum verum Essential Oil *
Cinnamomum verum Leaf Essent. Oil 701000.0 945000.0 1.6 *
Cinnamomum verum Bark Essent. Oil 61000.0 420000.0 *
Cinnamomum verum Stem Bark *
Cinnamomum verum Root Bark *
Cinnamomum verum Bark 140.0 16800.0 1.4 *
Cistus ladaniferus Leaf 15.0 1050.0 -0.7 *
Coffea arabica Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
Commiphora myrrha Essential Oil 2300.0 -0.7 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
Commiphora myrrha Resin, Exudate, Sap Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.