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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
Origanum vulgare Essential Oil 380000.0 1.1 *
Origanum vulgare Shoot Essent. Oil 1200.0 238100.0 1.0 *
Panax ginseng Root Essent. Oil *
Pelargonium roseum Shoot 1962.0 -0.1 *
Perilla frutescens Plant Kang, R., Helms, R., Stout, M.J., Jaber, H., Chen, Z., and Nakatsu, T. 1992. Antimicrobial Activity of the Volatile Constituents of Perilla frutescens and Its Synergistic Effects with Polygodial. J. Agric. Food Chem., 40: 2328-2330.
Perilla frutescens Leaf Essent. Oil 26000.0 -0.5 Kang, R., Helms, R., Stout, M.J., Jaber, H., Chen, Z., and Nakatsu, T. 1992. Antimicrobial Activity of the Volatile Constituents of Perilla frutescens and Its Synergistic Effects with Polygodial. J. Agric. Food Chem., 40: 2328-2330.
Perilla frutescens Shoot Essent. Oil 35000.0 -1.4 Nguyen, X. D., La, D. M., Lu'u, D. C., Leclercq, P. A. 1995. Essential Oil Constituents from the Aerial Parts of Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton. J. Essent. Oil Res., 7(4): 429-432.
Petroselinum crispum Leaf 0.1 -0.6 *
Peumus boldus Leaf 0.0 4300.0 2.3 *
Pimenta dioica Leaf Essent. Oil *
Pimenta dioica Leaf 5.0 -0.6 *
Pimenta dioica Fruit 42.0 -0.6 *
Pimenta racemosa Leaf 130.0 1080.0 0.1 *
Pimpinella anisum Seed Essent. Oil *
Pimpinella anisum Seed 50.0 -0.5 *
Piper auritum Leaf Tramil
Piper cubeba Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Piper nigrum Fruit Essent. Oil 2200.0 -0.7 *
Piper nigrum Fruit 90.0 -0.6 *
Pistacia lentiscus Plant *