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Biological Activity Anorexic

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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
AMINOPHYLLINE not available Merck 10th Edition.
ARSENIC not available Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
BETA-SITOSTEROL not available Martindale's 28th
CATHINONE not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
COCAINE not available Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
D-NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE not available Merck 11th Edition
KHELLACLONE-DIESTER not available Duke, 1992 *
L-DOPA 50 mg/kg scu rat Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
MONELLIN not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 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.
TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 2.5-5 Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE not available Martindale's 28th
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Angelica archangelica Garden Angelica; Angelica; Wild Parsnip 1 28.5
Angelica laxiflora Tu Huo 1 0.20999999344348907
Angelica sinensis Dang Gui; Dong Quai; Dang Quai; Dang Qui; Dong Gui; Chinese Angelica 2 2.400000035762787
Anisomeles indica Kalabhangra 1 0
Annona cherimola Cherimoya 1 14, 000
Annona muricata Soursop 1 0
Apium graveolens Celery 3 240.49200000963174
Arachis hypogaea Groundnut; Peanut 2 0.03999999910593033
Araucaria bidwillii Monkey puzzle 1 0
Arctium lappa Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock 2 4.199999928474426
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry; Uva Ursi 2 3.200000047683716
Areca catechu Betel Nut; Pin-Lang 1 0
Arisaema consanguineum Chinese Jack-In-The-Pulpit 1 0.17000000178813934
Aristolochia debilis Chinese Birthwort 1 0.20999999344348907
Armoracia rusticana Horseradish 3 710.0399999991059
Arnica montana Leopard's-Bane; Mountain Tobacco 1 0
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 1 0
Artemisia capillaris Capillary Wormwood 1 0.1599999964237213
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 1 0
Artemisia herba-alba Desert Wormwood 1 0