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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Dosage Reference
Irritant 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.
Larvicide LC50=156-194 mg/l *
Mosquitofuge > Deet *
Motor-Depressant Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Nematicide MLC=1 mg/ml Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Perfumery Merck 11th Edition
Pesticide *
Prooxidant Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
Sedative ED=1-32 mg/kg Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Sedative 200 mg/kg ipr mus (1% as active as diazepam) *
Termitifuge Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Trichomonicide LD100=600 ug/ml *
Tumor-Promoter *
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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
Artemisia dracunculus Shoot Essent. Oil *
Artemisia dracunculus Essential Oil *
Artemisia dracunculus Leaf Essent. Oil *
Artemisia vulgaris Plant Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Aspalathus linearis Leaf Essent. Oil 5400.0 -0.7 *
Ballota nigra Plant 3.0 -0.7 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Boswellia sacra Resin Essent. Oil 20000.0 Abdel Wahab, S. M., Aboutabl, E. A., El-Zalabani, S. M., Fouad, H. A., De Pooter, H. L., El-Fallaha, B. 1987. The Essential Oil of Olibanum. Plant Med. 53 (4): 382-384.
Boswellia serrata Essential Oil 15000.0 -0.5 *
Callicarpa americana Leaf 3.0 -0.6 *
Camellia sinensis Leaf 6.0 1984.0 0.7 *
Camellia sinensis Leaf Essent. Oil 82000.0 198400.0 0.6 *
Camellia sinensis Shoot 4000.0 10300.0 0.2 *
Capsicum annuum Fruit *
Carica papaya Fruit 0.0 -0.6 *
Carum carvi Seed 5.0 96.0 -0.5 *
Centella asiatica Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
Chrysanthemum x morifolium Plant 3.0 10.0 -0.7 Wealth of India.
Cinnamomum aromaticum Leaf 0.6 1.5 -0.6 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
Cinnamomum aromaticum Bark 2.5 32.0 -1.2 Wealth of India.
Cinnamomum verum Leaf Essent. Oil 15000.0 -0.6 *