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Chemical ID
METHYLCHAVICOL
Ubiquitous
No
| Activity | Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Calcium-Antagonist | IC50=258 uM | Duke, 1992 * |
| DNA-Binder | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hypothermic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acorus calamus | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Agastache foeniculum | Plant | 555.0 | 12160.0 | 1.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anethum graveolens | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anethum graveolens | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Anthriscus cerefolium | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemisia dracunculus | Plant | 172.0 | 7000.0 | 0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Boswellia serrata | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets, e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp. |
| Cinnamomum aromaticum | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cinnamomum verum | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cinnamomum verum | Leaf | not available | 9.4 | -0.7 | Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242. |
| Cuminum cyminum | Seed | not available | 30.0 | -1.0 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Cuminum cyminum | Fruit | not available | 30.0 | -0.9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dictamnus albus | Flower | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Dictamnus albus | Shoot | not available | 200.0 | -0.6 | Baser, K.H.C., Kosar, M.Malyer, H. & Ozek, T. 1994. The Essential Oil Composition of Dictamnus albus from Turkey. Planta Med. 60:481-2 |
| Dictamnus albus | Shoot | not available | 605.0 | 0.6 | Baser, K.H.C., Kosar, M.Malyer, H. & Ozek, T. 1994. The Essential Oil Composition of Dictamnus albus from Turkey. Planta Med. 60:481-2 |
| Dictamnus albus | Shoot | not available | 200.0 | -0.6 | Baser, K.H.C., Kosar, M.Malyer, H. & Ozek, T. 1994. The Essential Oil Composition of Dictamnus albus from Turkey. Planta Med. 60:481-2 |
| Dictamnus hispanicus | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Baser, K.H.C., Kosar, M.Malyer, H. & Ozek, T. 1994. The Essential Oil Composition of Dictamnus albus from Turkey. Planta Med. 60:481-2 |
| Foeniculum vulgare | Seed | 70.0 | 4018.0 | 1.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Foeniculum vulgare | Fruit | 70.0 | 4018.0 | 0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Foeniculum vulgare | Plant | not available | 390.0 | -0.9 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |