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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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LINALOOL

Chemical ID
LINALOOL
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=2,790 mg/kg (orl rat) Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
ADI=500 ug/kg
LD50=459 mg/kg (ipr mus)

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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Acaricide C90=<15 ul/l (=<15 ppm *
Allergenic *
Analgesic *
Anesthetic 0.01-1 ug/ml *
Antiacetylcholinesterase *
Antiallergic Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antianaphylactic *
Antibacterial MIC=1,600 ug/ml *
Anticariogenic MIC=1,600 ug/ml Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticolic *
Anticonvulsant 200 mg/kg ipr mus *
Antiedemic *
Antiglutamaergic *
Antihistaminic Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiinflammatory *
Antileukemic IC50=3.5-4.2 ug/ml Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antilymphomic IC50=3.5-4.2 ug/ml Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antimange *
Antimite *
Antimutagenic *
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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
Mentha spicata Plant 11.0 24500.0 2.7 *
Mentha spicata Essential Oil *
Mentha x piperita Leaf 12.0 120.0 -0.6 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Murraya koenigii Leaf 14.0 -0.6 *
Myrica cerifera Leaf CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Myristica fragrans Seed Essent. Oil 2000.0 106000.0 -0.2 *
Myristica fragrans Essential Oil 2000.0 10000.0 -0.5 *
Myristica fragrans Seed *
Myrtus communis Plant 18.0 505.0 -0.6 *
Ocimum basilicum Leaf *
Ocimum basilicum Leaf Essent. Oil 14000.0 593000.0 3.1 *
Ocimum basilicum Essential Oil 10.0 630000.0 2.2 *
Ocimum basilicum Flower Essent. Oil 416000.0 *
Ocimum basilicum Plant 5.0 8730.0 0.5 *
Ocimum basilicum Shoot Essent. Oil 49500.0 177100.0 0.3 *
Origanum majorana Plant 99.0 7965.0 0.4 *
Origanum majorana Shoot 164100.0 5.8 *
Origanum majorana Essential Oil 7000.0 -0.6 *
Origanum sipyleum Shoot 35.0 -0.2 Baser, K.H.C., Ozek, T., Kurkcuoglu, M. and Tumen, G. 1992. Composition of the Essential Oil of Origanum sipyleum of Turkish Origin. J. Ess. Oil Res. 4: 139-142.
Origanum vulgare Plant 1.0 600.0 -0.6 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.