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
Rubia cordifolia	Root	not available	39.0	0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Rubus chamaemorus	Fruit	5.3	40.0	0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Rubus chingii	Fruit	not available	28.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Rubus idaeus	Fruit	4.0	37.0	0.2	Revised USDA data received 1993.
Rubus idaeus	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Rumex acetosa	Leaf	2.0	20.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Rumex crispus	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ruscus aculeatus	Root	0.6	2.1	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Ruscus aculeatus	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Salix alba	Bark	0.4	2.1	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Salvia miltiorrhiza	Root	not available	12.0	-0.5	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.
Salvia officinalis	Leaf	1.0	5.9	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Sambucus nigra	Fruit	3.0	17.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Santalum acuminatum	Fruit	2.0	9.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Sassafras albidum	Stem	4.0	111.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Sassafras albidum	Leaf	10.0	136.0	0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Schisandra chinensis	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Schizonepeta tenuifolia	Plant	not available	28.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Scrophularia buergeriana	Root	not available	13.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Scutellaria baicalensis	Root	17.0	18.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *