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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
AMINOPHYLLINE Merck 10th Edition.
ARSENIC Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
BETA-SITOSTEROL Martindale's 28th
CATHINONE Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
COCAINE Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
D-NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE Merck 11th Edition
KHELLACLONE-DIESTER *
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 *
SELENIUM 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 *
THEOBROMINE Martindale's 28th
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Turnera diffusa Damiana 2 33.69999998807907
Tussilago farfara Coltsfoot 1 0.09000000357627869
Ulex europaeus Gorse 1 0
Ulmus rubra Slippery Elm; Red Elm 2 3
Uncaria tomentosa Cat's Claw; Garabato Amarillo; Una de Gato 1 0
Urginea maritima European Squill 1 0
Urtica dioica European Nettle; Stinging Nettle 3 3, 284.6200000941753
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry 1 0
Vaccinium macrocarpon Cranberry; Large Cranberry; American Cranberry 1 0.006000000284984708
Vaccinium myrtillus Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry 3 8.4299998562783
Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cowberry; Lingen; Lingonberry 2 0.039000000804662704
Valeriana jatamansi Indian Valerian 1 0
Valeriana officinalis Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope 2 13.200000286102295
Veratrum album White Hellebore 1 0
Verbascum thapsus Mullein; Velvetplant; Flannelleaf; Flannelplant; Great Mullein 2 2.5
Vernonia cinerea Purple fleabane 1 0
Viburnum opulus Crampbark; European Cranberry Bush; Guelder Rose; Snowballbush 2 92
Viburnum prunifolium Black Haw 1 0
Vicia faba Broadbean; Faba Bean; Habas 3 709, 684.1999999285
Vigna mungo Black Gram 1 0.16200000047683716