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Chemical ID
STARCH
Ubiquitous
Yes
| 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 |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piper nigrum | Fruit | 280000.0 | 565000.0 | 0.4 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Pistacia lentiscus | Seed | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Pisum sativum | Seed | 329000.0 | 434000.0 | 0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Polygonum multiflorum | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| Polypodium vulgare | Rhizome | not available | 63000.0 | -2.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prosopis juliflora | Fruit | not available | 163600.0 | -0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prunus persica | Seed | not available | 36000.0 | -1.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Psidium guajava | Seed | 130000.0 | 132000.0 | -0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Psoralea esculenta | Root | not available | 698400.0 | 1.6 | Izadoost, M. & Robinson, T., Synergism & antagonism in the pharmacology of alkaloidal plants, pp 137-58 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds., Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture & Pharmacology, v. 2, 1987, 255pp. |
| Pteridium aquilinum | Rhizome | not available | 450000.0 | 0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pueraria montana | Root | 130000.0 | 400000.0 | 0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pueraria pseudohirsuta | Root | 100000.0 | 150000.0 | -0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Punica granatum | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -1.3 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Quillaja saponaria | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Rauvolfia serpentina | Seed | 126000.0 | 203000.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Rheum officinale | Root | 150000.0 | 160000.0 | -0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ribes uva-crispa | Fruit | not available | 15000.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Rosa canina | Fruit | 33660.0 | 180000.0 | -0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Rumex hymenosepalus | Plant | 250000.0 | 400000.0 | 1.5 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Ruscus aculeatus | Root | 36240.0 | 120000.0 | -0.8 | Duke, 1992 * |