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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
Sambucus canadensis American Elder; Elderberry; American Elderberry; Sweet Elder 1 0
Sambucus nigra European Alder; European Elder; European Elderberry; Elder; Black Elder 1 0
Sanguisorba minor Small Burnet 1 0
Sansevieria trifasciata African Bowstring Hemp; Snake Plant 1 0
Santalum album White Sandalwood 1 0
Sarcostemma acidum Soma 1 0
Sarracenia flava not available 1 50
Sarracenia purpurea not available 1 0
Sassafras albidum Sassafras 1 0
Satureja hortensis Summer Savory 1 280
Satureja montana Winter Savory; Savory 1 560
Saussurea lappa Costus; Kuth 1 0
Schinus molle California Peppertree; Mastic-Tree; Peruvian Peppertree 1 0
Schinus terebinthifolius Brazilian Peppertree 1 0
Schisandra chinensis Chinese Magnolia Vine; Schizandra; Wu Wei Zu; Wu Wei Zi; Magnolia Vine; Five-Flavor-Fruit 3 5.2799999713897705
Scrophularia buergeriana Hsuan-Shen; Yuan-Shen 1 0.25999999046325684
Scutellaria baicalensis Chinese Skullcap; Huang Qin; Baikal Skullcap 2 0.5400000214576721
Scutellaria lateriflora Mad-Dog Skullcap; Scullcap 1 1.600000023841858
Senna alata Ringworm Bush 1 0
Senna alexandrina Alexandran senna; True Senna; Indian Senna 1 4.800000071525574