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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
6GINGEROL *
8BETA17EPOXYLABDTRANS12ENE1516DIAL Kawakishi, S., Morimitsu, Y., Osawa, T. 1994. Chemistry of Ginger Components and Inhibitory Factors of the Arachidonic Acid Cascade. ASC Symp Ser, 547: 244-250.
ALPHALINOLENICACID Ferretti, A., Flanagan, V. P. 1996. Antithromboxane Activity of Dietary Alpha-linolenic Acid: A Pilot Study. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes Essential Fatty Acids, 54(6): 451-455. ARS, USDA.
CURCUMIN Rao, C. V., Rivenson, A., Simi, B., Reddy, B. S. 1995. Chemoprevention of Colon Carcinogenesis by Dietary Curcumin, a Naturally Occurring Plant Phenolic Compound. Cancer Research, 55(2): 259-266.
EUGENOL Chen, S. J., Wang, M. H., Chen, I. J. 1996. Antiplatelet and Calcium Inhibitory Properties of Eugenol and Sodium Eugenol Acetate. Gen Pharmacol, 27(4): 629-633.
FERULICACID Xu, L. N., Yu, W. G., Tian, J. Y., Liu, Q. Y. 1990. Effect of Sodium Ferulate on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 25(6): 412-416.
LABDATRANS81712DIENE1516DIAL Kawakishi, S., Morimitsu, Y., Osawa, T. 1994. Chemistry of Ginger Components and Inhibitory Factors of the Arachidonic Acid Cascade. ASC Symp Ser, 547: 244-250.
PCOUMARICACID *
QUERCETIN Ibewuike, J. C., Ogungbamila, F. O., Ogundaini, A. O., Okeke, I. N., Bohlin, L. 1997. Antiinflammatory and Antibacterial Activities of C-methylflavonol from Piliostigma thonningii. Phytotherapy Research, 11(4): 281-284.