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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
-EPICATECHIN *
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.
CAMPESTEROL Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CATECHIN Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991.
CHROMIUM Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
EPICATECHIN Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
FIBER *
GAMMALINOLENICACID Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
LIGNIN *
MAGNESIUM Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NIACIN *
PECTIN *
RUTIN Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
STIGMASTEROL Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.