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Biological Activity Abortifacient

List of activity chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Dosage Reference
FAGARINE not available Duke, 1992 *
FILIXIC-ACID not available Pei-Gen, X., and Nai-Gong, W. Can ethnopharmacology contribute to the development of anti-fertility drugs? Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 32: 167-177, 1991.
FORMONONETIN not available Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
FRAXINELLONE not available Pei-Gen, X., and Nai-Gong, W. Can ethnopharmacology contribute to the development of anti-fertility drugs? Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 32: 167-177, 1991.
GARDENIC-ACID 5 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
GARDENOLIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN not available Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
GRAVEOLININE not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDRASTINE not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPOXYSIN not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOSPICINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
INOKOSTERONE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ISATIDINE not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPACHOL 100 mg/kg rat Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
LAWSONE not available 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.
LAWSONE not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPININE not available Duke, 1992 *
METAXYLOHYDROQUINONE not available Duke, 1992 *
MONOCROTALINE not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Ligustrum lucidum Chinese Privet; Glossy Privet; Ligustri Fructus; Privet; White Waxtree 1 402, 000
Lindera benzoin Benjamin Bush; Spicebush; Wild Allspice; Fieberstrauch (Ger.) 1 44
Liquidambar orientalis Oriental Storax; Oriental Styrax 1 0
Liquidambar styraciflua American Styrax; Sweetgum 2 0
Litsea glaucescens Mexican bay 1 20
Luffa aegyptiaca Luffa; Smooth Loofah; Vegetable Sponge 1 0
Lupinus albus White Lupine 3 0
Lupinus luteus not available 1 0
Lupinus mutabilis Andean Lupine; Chocho; Tarhui 2 0
Lupinus perennis not available 1 0
Lycium barbarum Barbary Matrimony Vine; Ning Xia Gou Qi (Chin.); Matrimony Vine; Common Matrimony Vine; Duke of Argyll's Eta Tree 1 50, 000
Lycium chilense Chilean Wolfberry 1 10, 000
Lycium chinense Wolfberry; Chinese Boxthorn; Chinese Matrimony Vine; Chinese Wolfberry; Gou Qi (Chin.); Lyciet de Chine (Fr.); Chinesischer Bocksdorn (Ger.); Daun Koki (Indones.); Spina Santa Cinese (Ital.); Kuko (Jap.); Kaukichai (Malays.) 1 162, 800
Lycopersicon esculentum Tomato 1 92
Lycopus europeus European Bugle 1 0
Lycopus virginicus Bugle 1 0
Lygos monosperma not available 1 0
Lygos raetum not available 1 0
Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife 1 0
Maackia amurensis not available 1 0