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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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ARBUTIN

Chemical ID
ARBUTIN
Ubiquitous
No
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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Allelochemic IC51=1.1 mM Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Antibacterial MIC=4,000-8,000 ppm *
Antiedemic 50 mg/kg *
Antimelanogenic IC50=40 uM *
Antiseptic 60-200 mg/man *
Antistreptococcic MIC=4,000-8,000 ppm Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antitussive Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Artemicide Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Candidicide Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Diuretic 60-200 mg/man Merck 11th Edition
Insulin-Sparing Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Mycoplasmistat Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Pesticide *
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor IC50=40 uM *
Urinary-Antiseptic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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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
Arbutus unedo Leaf 27000.0 -0.4 *
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Leaf 114.3 186000.0 2.0 *
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Tissue Culture 30.0 *
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Plant 75000.0 107000.0 1.1 *
Chimaphila umbellata Plant 75000.0 0.2 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Chimaphila umbellata Shoot 73000.0 76000.0 *
Chimaphila umbellata Leaf *
Fragaria spp Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Gaultheria procumbens Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Kalmia latifolia Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Ledum palustre Leaf *
Origanum majorana Leaf Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Origanum majorana Shoot *
Pyrus communis Plant *
Rhododendron ferrugineum Leaf *
Rhododendron ponticum Plant *
Rubus fruticosus Leaf *
Turnera diffusa Leaf 1500.0 7000.0 -0.7 *
Vaccinium myrtillus Fruit 0.0 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Vaccinium myrtillus Leaf 0.0 3000.0 -0.7 *