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Chemical PALMITIC-ACID

Chemical ID
PALMITICACID
Ubiquitous
Yes
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=57 (ivn mus) Merck 11th Edition
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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor not available Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antioxidant IC40=60 Duke, 1992 *
FLavor FEMA 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Hemolytic not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic not available Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Lubricant not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Nematicide not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Pesticide not available Duke, 1992 *
Propecic not available Duke, 1992 *
Soap not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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
Abelmoschus esculentus Seed 33920.0 66440.0 0.7 Duke, 1992 *
Abelmoschus moschatus Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Abelmoschus moschatus Seed not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Abrus precatorius Seed not available 300.0 -0.7 Wealth of India.
Abutilon theophrasti Seed not available 19595.0 -0.3 Wealth of India.
Acacia farnesiana Flower not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
Acacia farnesiana Seed 2400.0 9500.0 -0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Acanthopanax gracilistylis Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Achillea millefolium Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Achillea moschata Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Acorus calamus Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Acorus calamus Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Actaea racemosa Plant not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Adansonia digitata Seed 40800.0 98940.0 1.3 Wealth of India.
Adonis vernalis Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Aesculus hippocastanum Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
Aesculus hippocastanum Seed not available 1245.0 -0.7 Duke, 1992 *
Ageratum conyzoides Seed not available 42315.0 0.2 Wealth of India.
Agrimonia eupatoria Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Ajuga bracteosa Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.