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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Boehmeria nivea (Urticaceae)

Common Names
Ramie
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FIBER 15 Leaf 24000.0 184615.0 0.29 *
FIBER 15 Shoot 119000.0 259000.0 0.90 *
IODINE 12 Plant *
IRON 6 Leaf 16.0 123.0 -0.61 *
IRON 6 Plant 1500.0 3500.0 3.38 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 380.0 2923.0 -0.15 *
LEAD 0 Plant *
LIGNIN 13 Stem 14600.0 -1.56 *
MANGANESE 14 Plant 80.0 140.0 0.31 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Plant *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 7.0 54.0 -0.53 *
NIACIN 39 Shoot 67.0 -0.51 *
NICKEL 3 Plant *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 450.0 3460.0 -0.28 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 270.0 700.0 -1.39 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Shoot 1400.0 2400.0 -0.45 *
PHYSCION-8-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 1100.0 1300.0 -1.43 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 33000.0 253850.0 0.42 *
PROTEIN 0 Shoot 219000.0 301000.0 0.81 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiseptic 7 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispare-Tire 1 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
Antispasmodic 4 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.
Antisprout 1 *
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistress 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 1 *
Antisunburn 1 *
Antisyndrome-X 4 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
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antithyrotoxic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor 4 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast) 2 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 2 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.