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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
ASCORBICACID Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
BETASITOSTEROL Martindale's 30th
CALCIUM Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
COPPER Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
DIOSGENIN *
FIBER *
LINOLEICACID Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
MAGNESIUM Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
MUCILAGE *
NIACIN *
OLEICACID Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
STEARICACID Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)