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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
Cucumis sativus Cotyledon 213200.0 504700.0 0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Cucumis sativus Fruit 270.0 6835.0 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Cucumis sativus Seed 12420.0 20400.0 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Cucurbita foetidissima Seed 14823.0 48140.0 0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Cucurbita maxima Seed not available 44360.0 0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Cucurbita pepo Flower 260.0 5360.0 1.6 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Cucurbita pepo Fruit 370.0 4405.0 -0.3 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Cucurbita pepo Seed 44800.0 64530.0 0.6 Duke, 1992 *
Cucurbita spp Fruit 380.0 6015.0 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba Seed Oil not available 179000.0 0.0 Varade, P. B., Misra, B. K., Sikka, K. C., Singh, S. P. 1984. Nutritive Assessment of Guar Oil (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L. Taub). J Agr Food Chem, 32(5): 1073-1075.
Cynara cardunculus Flower 290.0 1925.0 -0.6 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Datura stramonium Seed 15000.0 30000.0 -0.1 Duke, 1992 *
Daucus carota Root 230.0 1885.0 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Daucus carota Seed 3265.0 11500.0 -0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea pentaphylla Root 200.0 1080.0 -0.4 Duke, 1992 *
Diospyros virginiana Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Dipsacus fullonum Seed 4200.0 5660.0 -0.6 Duke, 1992 *
Dipteryx odorata Seed not available 1525.0 -0.7 Duke, 1992 *
Dodonaea viscosa Seed 8580.0 24900.0 -0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Echinacea angustifolia Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *