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
Citrus sinensis	Fruit	0.9	13.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Cnicus benedictus	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Cnidium officinale	Rhizome	not available	16.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Cocos nucifera	Seed	9.0	25.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Coix lacryma-jobi	Seed	not available	20.0	-0.7	Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
Colocasia esculenta	Leaf	not available	6.6	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Colocasia esculenta	Root	5.0	66.0	1.8	Duke, 1992 *
Coptis chinensis	Rhizome	90.0	600.0	2.7	Duke, 1992 *
Coptis japonica	Rhizome	90.0	600.0	2.7	Duke, 1992 *
Coptis spp	Rhizome	90.0	600.0	2.7	Duke, 1992 *
Coriandrum sativum	Fruit	34.0	52.0	0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Cornus officinalis	Fruit	not available	12.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Corylus avellana	Seed	20.0	39.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Crataegus cuneata	Fruit	not available	14.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Crataegus laevigata	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Crataegus laevigata	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Crataegus rhipidophylla	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Cucumis melo	Fruit	1.5	31.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Cucumis sativus	Fruit	2.0	157.0	3.8	Duke, 1992 *
Cucurbita maxima	Leaf	7.6	54.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *