Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases is an online database developed by
James A. Duke at the
USDA
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food. It aims to meet the needs of com ...
.
The databases report species,
phytochemicals, and
biological activity, as well as
ethnobotanical
Ethnobotany is the study of a region's plants and their practical uses through the traditional knowledge of a local culture and people. An ethnobotanist thus strives to document the local customs involving the practical uses of local flora for m ...
uses.
The current Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical databases facilitate plant, chemical, bioactivity, and ethnobotany searches. A large number of plants and their chemical profiles are covered, and data are structured to support browsing and searching in several user-focused ways. For example, users can
* get a list of chemicals and activities for a specific plant of interest, using either its scientific or common name
* download a list of chemicals and their known activities in PDF or spreadsheet form
* find plants with chemicals known for a specific biological activity
* display a list of chemicals with their LD toxicity data
* find plants with potential cancer-preventing activity
* display a list of plants for a given ethnobotanical use
* find out which plants have the highest levels of a specific chemical
References to the supporting scientific publications are provided for each specific result. Also included are links to nutritional databases, plants and cancer treatments and other plant-related databases.
The content of the database is licensed under the
Creative Commons CC0 public domain.
External links
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
References
(dataset) U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 1992-2016. Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. Home Page, http://phytochem.nal.usda.gov/ {{PD-notice
Biology websites
Biodiversity databases
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Taxonomy (biology)