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so that you can research them or perhaps recognise some. I will at the end of this series do an extensive round up and go into more detail and comparison with certain compounds and you will be able to refer backwards to those compounds.

Anti-oxidants are number one with 50 compounds supporting an anti-oxidant effect upon the human body by helping the body by donating their electrons (which they can regain elsewhere without harm) to stabilise free radicals who are missing theirs and therefore dangerous.

(ALANINE, ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL, APIGENIN, ASCORBIC-ACID, BETA-CAROTENE, BETA-SITOSTEROL, CAFFEIC-ACID, CAMPESTEROL, CAMPHENE, CARNOSIC-ACID, CARNOSOL, CARNOSOLIC-ACID, CARVACROL, CHLOROGENIC-ACID, CHOLESTEROL, DELTA-TOCOPHEROL, DIOSMIN, EUGENOL, GAMMA-TERPINENE, HESPERIDIN, HISPIDULIN, HISTIDINE, ISOROSMANOL, LABIATIC-ACID, LAURIC-ACID, LINALYL-ACETATE, LUPEOL, LUTEOLIN, LUTEOLIN-3'-O-(3''-O-ACETYL)-B ETA-D-GLUCURONIDE, LUTEOLIN-3'-O-(4''-O-ACETYL)-B ETA-D-GLUCURONIDE, METHIONINE, METHYL-EUGENOL, MYRCENE, MYRISTIC-ACID, OLEANOLIC-ACID, PALMITIC-ACID, ROSMADIAL, ROSMANOL, ROSMARIDIPHENOL, ROSMARINIC-ACID, ROSMARIQUINONE, SQUALENE, STIGMASTEROL, TANNIN, TERPINEN-4-OL, TERPINOLENE, THYMOL, TRANS-ANETHOLE, TRYPTOPHAN, URSOLIC-ACID)

Cancer Preventative activities come second with 47 compounds that are known to have a preventative action toward initial cancer development.

(ALANINE, ALPHA-PINENE, ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL, APIGENIN, ASCORBIC-ACID, BETA-CAROTENE, BETA-SITOSTEROL, CAFFEIC-ACID, CAMPHOR, CARNOSOL, CARVONE, CHLOROGENIC-ACID, CIRSIMARITIN, D-LIMONENE, DIOSMETIN, EUGENOL, EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER, FIBER, GERANIOL, GLYCINE, HISPIDULIN, LIMONENE, LINALOOL, LINOLEIC-ACID, LUTEOLIN, METHIONINE, METHYL-EUGENOL, MUFA, MYRISTIC-ACID, NEPETRIN, NIACIN, OLEANOLIC-ACID, OLEIC-ACID, PANTOTHENIC-ACID, PECTIN, RIBOFLAVIN, ROSMANOL, ROSMARIDIPHENOL, ROSMARINIC-ACID, ROSMARIQUINONE, SAFROLE, SERINE, SQUALENE, STIGMASTEROL, TANNIN, TYROSINE, URSOLIC-ACID)

There are 46 compounds that support an Antibacterial effect in Rosemary; these compounds effectively knock off bad bacteria more than anything else when applied.

(1,8-CINEOLE, ACETIC-ACID, ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE, ALPHA-PINENE, ALPHA-TERPINEOL, ALPHA-THUJONE, APIGENIN, ASCORBIC-ACID, BETA-SITOSTEROL, BETA-THUJONE, BETULINIC-ACID, BORNEOL, BORNYL-ACETATE, CAFFEIC-ACID, CARVACROL, CARYOPHYLLENE, CHLOROGENIC-ACID, CIRSIMARITIN, DELTA-3-CARENE, DELTA-CADINENE, DIPENTENE, ETHANOL, EUGENOL, FLAVONE, GENKWANIN, GERANIOL, LAURIC-ACID, LIMONENE, LINALOOL, LUTEOLIN,


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