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
Magnolia officinalis	Bark	not available	9.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Malus domestica	Fruit	0.0	35.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Mangifera indica	Fruit	0.4	11.4	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Manihot esculenta	Root	4.0	19.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Medicago sativa	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Mentha arvensis var. piperascens	Plant	not available	28.0	-0.2	Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
Mentha pulegium	Plant	not available	56.0	0.0	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Mentha spicata	Leaf	11.0	75.0	-0.1	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Mentha x piperita	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Morinda sp	Root	not available	15.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Morus alba	Root Bark	9.0	14.0	-1.1	Duke, 1992 *
Murraya sp	Fruit	1.0	7.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Musa x paradisiaca	Fruit	1.0	6.5	-0.7	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Myrica cerifera	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Myristica fragrans	Aril	not available	20.0	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Myristica fragrans	Seed	13.0	20.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Nardostachys chinensis	Rhizome	not available	22.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Nasturtium officinale	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Nelumbo nucifera	Seed	not available	28.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Nepeta cataria	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *