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Chemical ID
MYRCENE
Ubiquitous
No
| Activity | Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Perfumery | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Pesticide | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleonia lusitanica | Leaf | not available | 8.0 | -0.2 | Perez-Alonso, M., Velasco-Negueruela, A., and Lopez-Saez, A. 1991. The Essential Oil of Cleonia lusitanica. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 441-442. |
| Coleus barbatus | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 4000.0 | -0.6 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Coleus barbatus | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 3800.0 | -0.4 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Coleus barbatus | Stem Essent. Oil | not available | 3800.0 | -1.0 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Coriandrum sativum | Fruit | 13.0 | 169.0 | -0.4 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Coriandrum sativum | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 6500.0 | -0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Coriandrum sativum | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Coridothymus capitatus | Shoot | not available | 285.0 | 0.0 | Lagouri, V., Blekas, G., Tsimidou, M., Kokkini, S., and Boskou, D. 1993. Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oils from Oregano Plants Grown Wild in Greece. Z. Lebensm Unters Forsch 197: 20-23. |
| Croton eluteria | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Croton lechleri | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| Cuminum cyminum | Fruit | 36.0 | 120.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cuminum cyminum | Seed | 36.0 | 120.0 | -1.0 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Cuminum cyminum | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 5000.0 | -0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cunila origanoides | Shoot | not available | 672.0 | 0.4 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Cymbopogon citratus | Plant | 240.0 | 3600.0 | 3.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cymbopogon flexuosus | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| Cymbopogon nardus | Plant | 9.0 | 36.0 | -0.4 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Cymbopogon winterianus | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Daucus carota | Seed | 10.0 | 250.0 | -0.9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dictamnus albus | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |