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Biological Activity Antiasthmatic

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
GINKGOLIDE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GINKGOLIDE-A not available Duke, 1992 *
GINKGOLIDE-B 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.
GINKGOLIDE-C not available Duke, 1992 *
GINKGOLIDES not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 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.
GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID 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.
GLYCYRRHIZIN 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.
HCN not available Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
HELLICOSIDE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HORDENINE not available Duke, 1992 *
KHELLIN 40 mg/4 x/day/orl/man Martindale's 28th
L-ALPHA-TERPINEOL not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
LIGUSTILIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE not available Duke, 1992 *
LOBELINE not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM not available Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
MENTHOL not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
METHYL-GALLATE not available Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
N-ACETYLCYSTEINE not available Martindale's 29th
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Prunella vulgaris Self-Heal; Heal-All 3 9, 120
Prunus africana Bitter Almond; Red Stinkwood 1 0
Prunus armeniaca Apricot 6 6, 219
Prunus cerasus Sour Cherry 7 1, 536.3999996185303
Prunus domestica Plum 7 4, 704.013000000268
Prunus dulcis Almond 7 73, 414.1099999994
Prunus laurocerasus Cherry Laurel 2 1, 540
Prunus persica Peach 8 10, 123.003000000026
Prunus salicifolia Capulin; Wild Cherry 2 2, 844
Prunus serotina Black Cherry; Wild Cherry 5 41, 800
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn; Sloe 1 0
Psidium cattleianum Strawberry Guava 4 2, 989
Psidium guajava Guava 8 20, 304
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Asparagus Pea; Goa Bean; Winged Bean 4 9, 507
Psoralea corylifolia Babchi; Black Dot; Malaya Tea 3 0
Psoralea esculenta Indian Bread-Root; Prairie Apple; Prairie Potato; Indian Turnip; Breadroot; Prairie Turnip 3 9, 432
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken; Bracken Fern 4 1, 122
Pterocarpus marsupium Indian Kino; Malabar Kino; bijasal 2 0
Pterocarpus santalinus Red Saunders 1 0
Ptychopetalum olacoides Muira Puama 1 11, 000