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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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MYRISTIC-ACID

Chemical ID
MYRISTICACID
Ubiquitous
Yes
List of known dosages
Dosage
LD50=43 (ivn mus)

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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Antioxidant IC71=60 *
Cancer-Preventive Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cosmetic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Lubricant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Nematicide Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Vigna unguiculata Fruit 10.0 82.0 -0.3 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Vigna unguiculata Seed 10.0 11.0 -0.3 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Virola surinamensis Seed 418200.0 496000.0 6.2 *
Viscum album Plant *
Vitellaria paradoxa Seed Oil Adomako, D. 1977. Fatty Acid Composition and Characteristics of Pentadesma Butyracea Fat Extracted From Ghana Seeds. J. Sci. Food Agr. 28: 384-386.
Vitis vinifera Fruit 50.0 257.0 -0.3 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Zea mays Seed *
Zingiber officinale Root 180.0 1650.0 1.7 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Zingiber officinale Rhizome 180.0 1650.0 -1.0 *