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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
ALPHATOCOPHEROL Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
ASCORBICACID Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
BETACAROTENE Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
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 *
CITRICACID Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
ELLAGICACID *
GALLICACID Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
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.
LINALOOL *
PECTIN *
PEDUNCULAGIN Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
PHYDROXYBENZOICACID Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
PROTOCATECHUICACID *
QUERCETIN 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.
QUERCITRIN 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.
TANNIN *