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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
Pseudovigna argentea not available 1 8
Psidium cattleianum Strawberry Guava 1 0
Psidium guajava Guava 3 12, 010
Psoralea corylifolia Babchi; Black Dot; Malaya Tea 1 4, 584
Pterocarpus angolensis not available 1 0
Ptychopetalum olacoides Muira Puama 1 4, 000
Pueraria montana Kudzu; Kudsu 2 642.7999877929688
Pueraria phaseoloides not available 1 9
Pueraria pseudohirsuta Chinese Kudzu 2 0
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 3 96
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Slenderleaf Mountain Mint 1 190
Quercus infectoria Aleppo Oak; Dyer's Oak; Gall Oak 1 0
Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak 1 0
Quisqualis indica Rangoon Creeper 1 0
Rauvolfia serpentina Indian Snakeroot; Serpentine Wood 1 8, 000
Rauvolfia tetraphylla Four-Leaf Devilpepper; Pinque-Pinque 1 0
Rauvolfia vomitoria African Snakeroot 1 0
Rhus coriaria Sicilian Sumac; Sumac; Tanner's Sumac 1 0
Rhynchosia acuminatifolia not available 1 6
Rhynchosia cabibaea not available 1 5