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

Chemical ID
FORMICACID
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=1,100 (orl mus) Merck 11th Edition
LD50=1,210 (orl rat)
ADI=3 mg/kg Martindale's 28th

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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Acaricide *
Antiseptic *
Antisyncopic *
Astringent Merck 11th Edition
Corrosive Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Counterirritant Merck 11th Edition
FLavor FEMA 500-2,500 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungistat Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungitoxic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant *
Pesticide *
Preservative Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Toxic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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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
Digitalis purpurea Leaf *
Eriodictyon californicum Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Ginkgo biloba Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Ginkgo biloba Pollen Or Spore Jim Duke's personal files.
Glycine max Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Hedeoma pulegioides Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Hibiscus sabdariffa Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
Hibiscus sabdariffa Seed Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
Juniperus communis Fruit 1550.0 5000.0 1.0 *
Laurus nobilis Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Lycopersicon esculentum Fruit *
Malus domestica Plant *
Mentha aquatica Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
Mentha arvensis var. piperascens Plant Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
Mentha pulegium Essential Oil *
Menyanthes trifoliata Plant Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Musa x paradisiaca Fruit Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
Myristica fragrans Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Myristica fragrans Seed Essent. Oil *
Nicotiana tabacum Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.