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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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STEARIC-ACID

Chemical ID
STEARICACID
Ubiquitous
Yes
List of known dosages
Dosage
LD50=22 (ivn rat)

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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor *
Cosmetic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FLavor FEMA 2-4,000 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Hypocholesterolemic Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Lubricant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Perfumery Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Propecic *
Suppository Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Cichorium intybus Leaf 10.0 204.0 -0.5 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Cichorium intybus Root 20.0 100.0 -0.6 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Citrullus colocynthis Seed *
Citrullus lanatus Cotyledon 59100.0 -0.6 *
Citrullus lanatus Seed 12200.0 66000.0 0.9 *
Citrus aurantiifolia Fruit 10.0 85.0 -0.3 *
Citrus paradisi Fruit 10.0 110.0 -0.3 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Citrus reticulata Fruit 10.0 80.0 -0.3 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Citrus reticulata Seed Oil *
Cocos nucifera Seed 584.0 32710.0 0.1 *
Coffea arabica Seed 5920.0 12800.0 -0.3 *
Coix lacryma-jobi Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Colocasia esculenta Plant 200.0 -0.7 *
Colocasia esculenta Root 60.0 205.0 -0.4 *
Corchorus olitorius Leaf 60.0 490.0 -0.3 *
Corchorus olitorius Seed 4180.0 5475.0 -0.4 *
Coriandrum sativum Seed Essent. Oil 2000.0 *
Coriandrum sativum Fruit 1100.0 1207.0 -0.2 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Cornus mas Seed Oil Hohn, M. E., Meinschein, W. G. 1976. Seed Oil Fatty Acids: Evolutionary Significance in the Nyssaceae and Cornaceae. Biochem. Syst. Ecol., 4: 193-199.
Corylus avellana Seed 8000.0 10400.0 -0.3 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.