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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
5METHOXYPSORALEN Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
ALPHATOCOPHEROL Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
ANGELICIN *
APIGENIN Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
ASCORBICACID Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
BETACAROTENE Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
BETAEUDESMOL *
BETASITOSTEROL *
CAFFEICACID Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
CHLOROGENICACID *
CINNAMALDEHYDE HerbalGram No. 24, page 40.
CITRICACID Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
COUMARIN Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
EUGENOL Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
FALCARINDIOL *
FERULICACID Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
IMPERATORIN Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
KAEMPFEROL Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
LIMONENE Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
LINALOOL *