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

List of Chemicals

Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemicals Reference
ALPHAPINENE Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
ALPHATERPINEOL 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
APIGENIN *
BETAEUDESMOL *
BUTYLPHTHALIDE *
CAFFEICACID *
CARVONE 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
DILLAPIOL Chem & Pharm. Bull., 36: 3153.
DIPENTENE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
EUGENOL *
GERANIOL *
IMPERATORIN Buchbauer, G., Jirovetz*, L., Nikiforov, A., Remberg, G., Raverdino, V. 1989. Headspace-Analysis and Aroma Compounds of Austrian Hay-Blossoms (Flores Graminis, Graminis Flos) used in Aromatherapy. J. Ess. Oil Res., 2: 185-191, 1990.
ISOEUGENOL 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
LIMONENE Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
LINALOOL Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
LINALYLACETATE *
MYRISTICIN Jim Duke's personal files.
NIACIN Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
PCYMENE 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.
STIGMASTEROL *