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Biological Activity Anesthetic

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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 Dosage Reference
NORMACUSINE-B not available Duke, 1992 *
PARALYSINE not available Duke, 1992 *
PERIVINE not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL not available Duke, 1992 *
PINOCEMBRIN not available Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
PIPERINE not available Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
PIPEROVATINE not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
PRONUCIFERINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PSEUDOCOCAINE not available Merck 11th Edition
QUININE not available Wealth of India.
RHYNCHOPHYLLINE not available Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
SAFROLE not available Duke, 1992 *
SALIGENIN not available Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
SANGUINARINE 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.
SCOPOLAMINE not available Martindale's 28th
SCOPOLETIN not available Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
SPILANTHOL not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEOL 10-100 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL not available Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
TRANS-ANETHOLE 10-100 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Apium graveolens Celery 11 18, 451
Arctium lappa Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock 2 90
Argemone mexicana Prickly Poppy 3 410
Arisaema consanguineum Chinese Jack-In-The-Pulpit 1 0
Arnica montana Leopard's-Bane; Mountain Tobacco 1 0
Artemisia abrotanum Southernwood 1 0
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 8 131, 400
Artemisia capillaris Capillary Wormwood 6 0
Artemisia cina Levant Wormseed 2 24, 000
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 12 34, 100
Artemisia herba-alba Desert Wormwood 3 773
Artemisia pallens Davana 1 0
Artemisia salsoloides not available 2 296, 500
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 7 0
Asarum canadense Wild Ginger 1 0
Asclepias syriaca Milkweed 1 0
Asiasarum heterotropoides Asian Wild Ginger 2 0
Asiasarum sieboldii Siebold's Wild Ginger 2 0
Aspalathus linearis Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea 9 833, 400
Asparagus officinalis Asparagus 2 0