Chemical NIACIN | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Chemical ID

NIACIN

Ubiquitous

Yes

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List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Dosage	Reference
Allergenic	not available	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiacrodynic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	50 mg/2x/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiamblyopic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antichilblain	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticonvulsant	3 g/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidementia	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	3 g/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihangover	50 mg	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	50 mg 2x/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperactivity	1.5-6 g/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinsomnic	1 g/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiLyme	50 mg/day	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.

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List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Cucurbita pepo	Fruit	6.0	71.0	0.1	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Cucurbita spp	Fruit	5.0	85.0	0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Cuminum cyminum	Seed	46.0	49.0	0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Cuminum cyminum	Fruit	46.0	49.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Curcuma longa	Plant	22.0	70.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Curcuma longa	Rhizome	5.0	62.0	-1.1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Cyclanthera pedata	Fruit	3.0	75.0	0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Cydonia oblonga	Fruit	2.0	22.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Cynara cardunculus	Flower	10.0	82.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyphomandra betacea	Fruit	10.0	85.0	0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Cyrtosperma chamissonis	Root	4.0	22.0	-0.8	Duke, 1992 *
Daucus carota	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea alata	Root	0.7	17.0	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea pentaphylla	Root	4.0	29.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea sp.	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea villosa	Root	2.4	10.0	-1.2	Duke, 1992 *
Diospyros digyna	Fruit	2.0	10.0	-0.7	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Durio zibethinus	Fruit	7.0	37.0	-0.3	J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
Echinacea purpurea	Root	17.0	68.0	0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Echinacea spp	Root	not available	17.0	-1.0	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.