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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
Armoracia rusticana Horseradish 8 44, 522
Arnica montana Leopard's-Bane; Mountain Tobacco 1 0
Arracacia xanthorrhiza Arracacha; Peruvian Carrot 2 2, 147.5999999046326
Artemisia abrotanum Southernwood 1 0
Artemisia absinthium Wormwood 3 3, 100
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 5 12, 075
Artemisia capillaris Capillary Wormwood 2 1, 000
Artemisia cina Levant Wormseed 1 0
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 9 4, 919
Artemisia herba-alba Desert Wormwood 1 2, 060
Artemisia pallens Davana 2 0
Artemisia salsoloides not available 2 25, 000
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 5 8, 538
Artocarpus altilis Breadfruit 5 2, 241.10000000149
Artocarpus heterophyllus Jackfruit 3 1, 823
Asarum canadense Wild Ginger 1 0
Asiasarum heterotropoides Asian Wild Ginger 1 2, 600
Asiasarum sieboldii Siebold's Wild Ginger 2 2, 600
Asimina triloba Pawpaw 5 6, 024.0479999780655
Aspalathus linearis Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea 7 556, 354.1999995708