Table 1. Foods that inhibit AhR activation. From Amakura et al [59].
| Percent AhR Inhibition | |||
| Category | Food Item | Receptor Binding Assay (Ah-I) (against 5 nM TCDD) | Luciferase Assay (CALUX) (against 1 nM TCDD) |
| Whole Foods | |||
| Green tea | ~50% | ~25% | |
| Broccoli | ~75% | ~25% | |
| Komatsuna | ~90% | ~25% | |
| Lettuce | ~60% | ~25% | |
| Shungiku | ~55% | ~25% | |
| Spinach | ~75% | ~40% | |
| Grapefruit | ~70% | ~25% | |
| Lemon | ~60% | ~25% | |
| Lime | ~50% | ~50% | |
| Orange | ~80% | ~30% | |
| Apple | ~50% | n/a | |
| Asparagus | n/a | ~20% | |
| Carrot | ~15% | ~12.5% | |
| Cucumber | ~37.5% | n/a | |
| Eggplant | ~30% | n/a | |
| Green pepper | ~25% | n/a | |
| Pumpkin | ~25% | n/a | |
| Radish | ~20% | n/a | |
| American cherry | n/a | n/a | |
| Avocado | ~15% | n/a | |
| Kiwi fruit | ~30% | n/a | |
| Loquat | ~15% | n/a | |
| Papaya | ~37.5% | n/a | |
| Philippine mango | n/a | n/a | |
| Strawberry | ~37.5% | n/a | |
| Herbals | |||
| Basil | ~25% | ~10% | |
| Chinese sweet tea | ~50% | ~25% | |
| Cinnamon | ~25% | ~5% | |
| Clove | ~75% | ~25% | |
| Coffee | ~70% | ~5% | |
| Guava leaf | ~75% | ~37.5% | |
| Lavender | ~55% | ~20% | |
| Oolong tea | ~60% | ~25% | |
| Oregano | ~37.5% | n/a | |
| Peppermint | ~80% | ~25% | |
| Rosemary | ~60% | n/a | |
| Sage | ~85% | ~85% | |
| Tea | ~37.5% | ~25% | |