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Chemical INOSITOL

Chemical ID
INOSITOL
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage
RDA=1,000 mg/man/day
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
Antialopecic not available Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic? not available Martindale's 29th
Antineuropathic? 2 g/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Cholesterolytic 2,000 mg/man/day Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ubiquiot not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Achillea millefolium Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Aconitum napellus Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Apium graveolens Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Asparagus officinalis Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Camellia sinensis Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Capsella bursa-pastoris Plant not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
Centella asiatica Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Chamaemelum nobile Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Cichorium intybus Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Cocos nucifera Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 690.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Cornus florida Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Digitalis purpurea Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Elytrigia repens Rhizome 10000.0 30000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
Equisetum arvense Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Euphorbia hirta Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Glycine max Sprout Seedling not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Gossypium sp Seed not available 3400.0 1.7 Duke, 1992 *
Hura crepitans Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Hydrastis canadensis Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Hydrastis canadensis Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *