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Chemical HISTIDINE

Chemical ID
HISTIDINE
Ubiquitous
Yes
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
ADI=15 g/day/orl Martindale's 28th
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
Antiarteriosclerotic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antioxidant not available Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer not available Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Essential not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxidant not available Duke, 1992 *
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
Citrus paradisi Fruit not available 140.0 -1.1 Duke, 1992 *
Citrus reticulata Fruit 440.0 3546.0 1.3 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Citrus sinensis Fruit 180.0 1359.0 -0.2 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Coccinia grandis Flower not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Cocos nucifera Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
Cocos nucifera Seed 770.0 1455.0 -1.2 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Colocasia esculenta Leaf 1140.0 7950.0 1.3 Duke, 1992 *
Colocasia esculenta Root 340.0 1160.0 -0.6 Duke, 1992 *
Corchorus olitorius Leaf 690.0 8950.0 1.8 Duke, 1992 *
Coriandrum sativum Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Crocus sativus Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Cryptotaenia japonica Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Cucumis sativus Fruit 80.0 2025.0 0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Cucurbita foetidissima Seed 5835.0 19000.0 3.4 Duke, 1992 *
Cucurbita pepo Fruit 140.0 1905.0 0.1 Duke, 1992 *
Cucurbita pepo Seed 6810.0 9615.0 0.9 Duke, 1992 *
Cucurbita spp Fruit 250.0 3955.0 1.6 Duke, 1992 *
Daucus carota Root 160.0 1310.0 -0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea pentaphylla Root 300.0 1615.0 -0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Fagopyrum esculentum Seed not available 2750.0 -0.9 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.