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Biological Activity Abortifacient

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List of activity chemicals.
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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
Casimiroa edulis Matasano; White sapote 1 0
Castanea sativa European Chestnut 1 0
Castanospermum australe Black Bean; Moreton Bay Chestnut; Australian Chestnut 1 0
Catharanthus roseus Madagascar Periwinkle; Rosy Periwinkle 2 0
Caulophyllum thalictroides Blue Cohosh 1 0
Centaurium erythraea Centaury 1 0
Centella asiatica Gotu Kola; Pennywort 1 0
Centrosema pascuorum not available 1 0
Centrosema plumieri not available 1 0
Centrosema sagittatum not available 1 0
Centrosema schiedianum not available 1 0
Ceratonia siliqua Carob; St.John's-Bread; Locust Bean 1 0
Chamaecytisus albus not available 1 0
Chamaecytisus eriocarpus not available 1 0
Chamaecytisus hirsutus not available 1 0
Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis not available 1 0
Chamaecytisus smyrnaeus not available 1 0
Chamaecytisus supinus not available 1 0
Chamaemelum nobile Garden Camomile; Perennial Camomile; Roman Camomile 1 0
Chamaespartium sagittale not available 1 0