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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
ADENOSINE Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALPHAPINENE Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
BENZALDEHYDE 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
BETAEUDESMOL *
CAFFEICACID *
CARYOPHYLLENE *
CITRAL Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
EUGENOL *
FALCARINOL Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
GAMMAAMINOBUTYRICACID *
LIMONENE Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
LINALOOL Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
MALTOL 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
NIACIN Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
OLEANOLICACID *
STIGMASTEROL *