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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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SORBITOL

Ubiquitous

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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
Antidiabetic	(Insulin-Sparing) 30 g/man/day	Martindale's 28th
Antiketotic	not available	Merck 11th Edition
Cataractagenic	not available	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Cathartic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	not available	Merck 11th Edition
FLavor	FEMA 1,000-280,000	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Humectant	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	20-50 g/day	Martindale's 29th
Laxative	5-15 g/man/day	Martindale's 28th
Purgative	30-50 g/man/day	Martindale's 28th
Sweetener	0.6 x sucrose	Merck 11th Edition

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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
Althaea officinalis	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Capsella bursa-pastoris	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Cocos nucifera	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Crataegus laevigata	Leaf	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.
Crataegus rhipidophylla	Leaf	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.
Malus domestica	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Nicotiana tabacum	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Phoenix dactylifera	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Plantago major	Plant	not available	15000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Prunus armeniaca	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Prunus cerasus	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Punica granatum	Twig	not available	9100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Punica granatum	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Rubus idaeus	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Serenoa repens	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Sorbus aucubaria	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Terminalia chebula	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *