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Chemical STARCH

Chemical ID
STARCH
Ubiquitous
Yes
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
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
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
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 *