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Biological Activity Amebicide

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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 Sort descending Dosage Reference
EMETINE (10 ppm), IC50=0.01-0.07 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
EUGARZASADONE not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FORSKOLIN 1,000 ug/ml Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 1.
GLAUCARUBIN not available Merck 11th Edition
GLAUCARUBINONE not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
GLAUCARUBOLONE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GOSSYPOL not available Duke, 1992 *
HOLARRHENINE not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYVERNOLIDE not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
ISOCONESSINE 12-13 ppm Duke, 1992 *
KRYPTONINE not available Duke, 1992 *
METHOXYANNOMONTINE not available Duke, 1992 *
NIMBIDIN 2,000 ppm Atal and Kapur, 1982
NIMBIDOL 250 ppm Atal and Kapur, 1982
QUASSIN 100 ppm Duke, 1992 *
QUINIDINE IC50=16.6 ug/ml Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
QUININE IC50=14.8 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
SHIKONIN not available Duke, 1992 *
TUBULOSINE not available Duke, 1992 *
TYLOPHORINE not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Sort descending Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Rauvolfia tetraphylla Four-Leaf Devilpepper; Pinque-Pinque 1 0
Rauvolfia vomitoria African Snakeroot 1 0
Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot 1 0
Simaba cedron Cedron 1 0
Simarouba glauca Simaruba Bark 3 0
Thespesia populnea Indian tulip tree 1 78, 800
Trigonella foenum-graecum Fenugreek; Greek Clover; Greek Hay; Bockshornklee (Ger.); Alholva (Sp.) 2 0
Tylophora indica Swallowwort; Indian Ipecac 1 0
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Yellowroot 2 26, 000
Zanthoxylum alatum Indian Prickly Ash; Wartara Oil Tree 1 0
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 1 0
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Pepperbark; Southern Prickly Ash; Hercules'-Club; West Indian Yellowwood 1 0