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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
RHOIFOLIN 2 Leaf *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 2.8 22.0 -0.07 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Shoot 16.0 -0.24 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Plant 13.0 14.0 -0.82 *
STRONTIUM 0 Plant 90.0 118.0 -0.22 *
SULFUR 14 Plant 3000.0 3700.0 -0.07 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.3 2.3 -1.25 *
THIAMIN 31 Shoot 7.0 -0.58 *
TITANIUM 0 Plant 110.0 230.0 0.69 *
WATER 0 Leaf 870000.0 0.31 *
WATER 0 Stem 105000.0 -1.97 *
ZINC 77 Plant 32.0 43.0 -0.09 *
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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.