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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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P-COUMARIC-ACID

Chemical ID
PCOUMARICACID
Ubiquitous
No

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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 ug/ml (weak activity) Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelopathic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antibacterial Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
Anticlastogen *
Antifertility *
Antihepatotoxic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antileukemic IC50=25-56 ug/ml Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antinitrosaminic Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antioxidant 1/3 BHA *
Antioxidant IC24=30 ppm *
Antiperoxidant IC50=>100 uM Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiseptic *
Antispasmodic Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antitumor *
Cancer-Preventive *
Chemopreventive *
Choleretic *
Cytotoxic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Diaphoretic? Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Fungicide 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.
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
Malus domestica Fruit 15.0 460.0 1.8 *
Malus domestica Leaf *
Mangifera indica Plant *
Matricaria recutita Plant Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
Medicago sativa Leaf *
Medicago sativa Tissue Culture *
Melilotus officinalis Plant Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
Melilotus officinalis Shoot *
Melissa officinalis Shoot 8.3 1.4 *
Mentha x piperita Shoot *
Mentha x rotundifolia Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
Myristica fragrans Seed 7.0 -0.5 *
Nicotiana tabacum Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Ocimum basilicum Leaf 760.0 -0.2 *
Oenothera biennis Leaf *
Olea europaea Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Ononis spinosa Root Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Origanum majorana Leaf 1100.0 -0.1 *
Origanum vulgare Leaf *
Origanum vulgare Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.