Chemical ID
STARCH
Ubiquitous
Yes
Activity | Dosage | Reference |
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Absorbent | not available | Martindale's 29th |
Antidote (Iodine) | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antinesidioblastosic | not available | Martindale's 29th |
Emollient | not available | Martindale's 29th |
Poultice | not available | Martindale's 29th |
Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Curcuma zedoaria | Rhizome | not available | 500000.0 | 0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cycas revoluta | Seed | 68000.0 | 243700.0 | -0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cyperus rotundus | Root | not available | 92000.0 | -0.9 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cyphomandra betacea | Fruit | 10000.0 | 140000.0 | -0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cypripedium pubescens | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Cyrtosperma chamissonis | Root | 135000.0 | 655340.0 | 1.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Daucus carota | Root | 14800.0 | 25200.0 | -1.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Dioscorea alata | Root | 159000.0 | 743000.0 | 1.8 | Duke, 1992 * |
Dioscorea bulbifera | Tuber | not available | 800000.0 | 1.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Dioscorea villosa | Root | 48000.0 | 200000.0 | -0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Drynaria fortunei | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Durio zibethinus | Fruit | 80000.0 | 2857000.0 | 3.9 | Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981. |
Echinacea purpurea | Root | 30120.0 | 120000.0 | -0.8 | Duke, 1992 * |
Eleocharis dulcis | Tuber | 70000.0 | 400000.0 | -0.3 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
Elettaria cardamomum | Seed | 200000.0 | 400000.0 | 0.4 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
Fagopyrum esculentum | Seed | not available | 670000.0 | 1.5 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
Gentiana lutea | Root | 35200.0 | 160000.0 | -0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
Ginkgo biloba | Seed | 407400.0 | 680000.0 | 1.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Gloriosa superba | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Glycine max | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |