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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 *
ADENOSINE LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
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.
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 *
LINOLEICACID Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
LUTEOLIN *
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.
STEARICACID Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)