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
Pimenta dioica	Fruit	11.0	20.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Pimpinella anisum	Fruit	not available	59.0	0.9	Duke, 1992 *
Pimpinella anisum	Seed	not available	59.0	0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Pinellia ternata	Tuber	14.0	18.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Pinus echinata	Shoot	6.0	88.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Pinus edulis	Seed	40.0	50.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Pinus pinea	Seed	42.0	46.0	0.0	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Piper nigrum	Fruit	11.2	35.7	0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Pistacia vera	Seed	3.0	30.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Pisum sativum	Seed	11.0	60.0	0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Plantago asiatica	Plant	not available	31.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Plantago major	Seed	0.8	2.5	-1.2	Duke, 1992 *
Plantago psyllium	Seed	0.5	2.1	-1.2	Duke, 1992 *
Platycodon grandiflorum	Root	13.0	18.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Polygala tenuifolia	Root	not available	12.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Polygonum multiflorum	Rhizome	not available	8.0	-0.4	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.
Polygonum multiflorum	Root	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Polygonum multiflorum	Plant	not available	24.5	-0.3	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Polystichum polyblepharum	Plant	34.0	60.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Portulaca oleracea	Shoot	3.0	60.0	-0.7	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.