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
Notopterygium incisum	Rhizome	not available	16.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Nyssa sylvatica	Stem	6.0	132.0	0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Nyssa sylvatica	Leaf	2.0	55.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Ocimum basilicum	Leaf	5.0	6.0	-0.5	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Oenothera biennis	Seed	70.0	90.0	1.3	Duke, 1992 *
Ophiopogon japonicus	Tuber	7.0	16.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Opuntia ficus-indica	Seed	not available	15.0	-0.9	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
Origanum majorana	Plant	32.0	43.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Origanum vulgare	Plant	39.0	49.0	0.0	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Paeonia lactiflora	Root	15.0	24.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Paeonia moutan	Root Bark	10.0	15.0	-0.8	Duke, 1992 *
Paeonia suffruticosa	Root Bark	10.0	15.0	-0.8	Duke, 1992 *
Panax ginseng	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Panax ginseng	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Panax ginseng	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Panax ginseng	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Panax ginseng	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Panax japonicus	Rhizome	not available	20.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Panax quinquefolius	Plant	10.0	114.0	0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Papaver somniferum	Seed	24.0	130.0	2.4	Duke, 1992 *