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
Antineuralgic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	100 mg/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipellagric	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiRaynaud's	1,500-4,000 mg/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscotomic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	100 mg 2x/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antivertigo	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	not available	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardioprotective	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Fibrinolytic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	50-100 mg 3x/day	Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Vasodilator	not available	Martindale's 29th

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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	Seed	14.0	22.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
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.