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Biological Activity Antiasthmatic

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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
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
Pueraria montana Kudzu; Kudsu 3 1, 700
Pueraria pseudohirsuta Chinese Kudzu 1 3, 690
Pulsatilla chinensis Chinese Anemone 1 3, 190
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 7 326, 048
Pycnanthemum albescens White Mountain Mint 2 9, 450
Pycnanthemum beadlei Beadle's Mountain Mint 4 686
Pycnanthemum californicum California Mountain Mint 2 288
Pycnanthemum clinopodioides Clinopod Mountain Mint 5 15, 554
Pycnanthemum curvipes Curved Mountain Mint 1 2, 323
Pycnanthemum incanum Hoary Mountain Mint 4 2, 014
Pycnanthemum loomisii Loomis' Mountain Mint 3 3, 906
Pycnanthemum montanum Montane Mountain Mint 5 744
Pycnanthemum muticum Muticous Mountain Mint 4 1, 850
Pycnanthemum pilosum Pilose Mountain Mint 4 4, 900
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides Typical Mountain Mint 2 6, 902
Pycnanthemum setosum Setose Mountain Mint 4 3, 069
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Slenderleaf Mountain Mint 4 11, 640
Pycnanthemum torreyi Torrey's Mountain Mint 3 230
Pycnanthemum verticillatum Whorled Mountain Mint 2 651
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia Mountain Mint 4 18, 908