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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Chemical 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
Daucus carota Root 10.0 80.0 -0.7 *
Daucus carota Seed 285.0 1240.0 -0.5 *
Dioscorea pentaphylla Root 20.0 108.0 -0.6 *
Dipsacus fullonum Seed 4200.0 5660.0 -0.4 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Dipteryx odorata Seed 1425.0 -0.5 *
Dodonaea viscosa Seed 7490.0 31400.0 0.1 *
Elaeagnus angustifolia Seed 235.0 -0.6 Hetherington, M and Steck, W. 1997. Natural chemicals from northern prairie plants - the phytochemical contents of one thousand North American species. 277 pp. Ag-West Biotech, Inc. Saskatoon, Canada. Fytokem Products, Saskatoon.
Elaeis guineensis Fruit 4600.0 69615.0 4.3 *
Elettaria cardamomum Seed Oil *
Elettaria cardamomum Seed 1830.0 18300.0 -0.2 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Elettaria cardamomum Fruit 600.0 650.0 -0.2 Revised USDA data received 1993.
Eleutherococcus senticosus Rhizome *
Eruca sativa Seed 2900.0 6600.0 -0.4 *
Erythrina crista-galli Seed 6500.0 -0.4 *
Eucommia ulmoides Seed Oil 25000.0 -0.7 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Fagopyrum esculentum Pollen Or Spore *
Fagopyrum esculentum Seed 460.0 -0.6 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
Ficus carica Fruit 120.0 574.0 -0.2 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Ficus carica Seed 5232.0 6540.0 -0.4 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Fragaria spp Fruit 40.0 475.0 -0.2 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)