Chemical ZINC | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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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
Antidiabetic	30 mg/day	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antidote (Cadmium)	not available	Let's Live, May 1989.
Antidysgeuzic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	150 mg/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiencephalopathic	not available	Martindale's 29th
Antiepileptic	100 mg/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antifibrotic	30 mg	Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular	45 mg/3x/day/man	Martindale's 28th
Antihangover	15 mg	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	25-60 mg/day	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence	not available	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	50 mg/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	60 mg/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinsomniac	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antilepric	not available	Martindale's 29th
Antileukonychic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Euphrasia officinalis	Plant	0.5	3.5	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Fallopia japonica	Plant	42.0	49.0	0.0	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
Ficus carica	Fruit	1.0	7.0	-0.7	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Firmiana simplex	Seed	not available	25.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Foeniculum vulgare	Seed	0.1	0.7	-1.3	Duke, 1992 *
Foeniculum vulgare	Fruit	7.1	33.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Forsythia suspensa	Fruit	not available	17.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Fragaria spp	Fruit	1.1	17.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Frangula purshiana	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Fraxinus rhynchophylla	Bark	not available	17.0	0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Fritillaria thunbergii	Bulb	not available	12.0	-0.8	Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
Fucus vesiculosus	Plant	0.1	0.6	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Gardenia jasminoides	Fruit	10.0	17.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Gastrodia elata	Rhizome	not available	12.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Genipa americana	Fruit	3.0	14.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Genipa americana	Seed	not available	16.0	-0.8	Duke, 1992 *
Gentiana lutea	Root	0.6	2.9	-0.9	Duke, 1992 *
Gentiana scabra	Root	not available	18.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Geranium thunbergii	Plant	not available	28.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Ginkgo biloba	Seed	3.0	8.0	-1.1	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)