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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
+CATECHIN *
ASCORBICACID Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
BETULIN Recio, M., et al. 1994. Investigations on the Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Triterpenoids from Diospyros leucomelas*. Planta Medica, 61: 9.
CAFFEICACID *
CATECHIN *
COPPER Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
EPICATECHIN *
FERULICACID Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
GALLICACID Kroes, B.H., et al. 1991. Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Gallic Acid. Planta Medica, 58(6): 499.
GENTISICACID Merck 11th Edition
HYPEROSIDE Planta Medica, 57: A131, 1991.
ISOQUERCITRIN *
LINOLEICACID *
MAGNESIUM Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
OLEICACID *
PROTOCATECHUICACID Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
QUERCETIN3OGALACTOSIDE Pathak, D., Pathak, K., Singla*, A.K. 1991. Flavonoids as medicinal agents - Recent advances. Fitoterapia 62(5): 62, 1991.
QUERCITRIN Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
VANILLICACID Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.