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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
N-PROPYLSULPHINOTHIOIC-ACID-S-N-PROPYLESTER 10-100 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
NIGELLONE not available Duke, 1992 *
OPC not available Duke, 1992 *
OPCS not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYGEN not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYMATRINE not available Duke, 1992 *
PAPAVERINE not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERITONE not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERLONGUMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOEPHEDRINE not available Martindale's 29th
PYRIDOXINE 100-200 mg/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
QUERCETIN IC50=14 uM Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLAMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM not available Duke, 1992 *
SOLANINE not available Duke, 1992 *
STROPHANTHIDIN not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL not available Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis., 4:203, 1982.
TERPINEOL not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Datura stramonium Jimsonweed 4 4, 050
Daucus carota Carrot 11 7, 156.019999999553
Dendrobium nobile Noble Dendrobium 1 520
Dianthus caryophyllus Carnation; Clove Pink; Oeillet (Fr.); Nelke (Ger.); Clavel (Sp.) 1 5, 800
Dictamnus albus Akgiritotu; Burning Bush; Dittany; Gas Plant; Gazelotu 2 530
Dictamnus hispanicus not available 1 0
Digitalis purpurea Purple Foxglove 1 0
Dioscorea alata Greater Yam; Winged Yam 3 1, 854.4000000059605
Dioscorea bulbifera Air Potato; Potato Yam 1 740
Dioscorea pentaphylla Mountain Yam 3 932
Dioscorea sp. Wild Yam 4 1, 843
Dioscorea villosa Wild Yam 4 2, 268.800000011921
Diospyros digyna Black Sapote; Sapote Negro 2 18, 672
Diospyros virginiana American Persimmon 3 12, 255
Dodonaea viscosa Hopwood 1 0
Dracocephalum parviflora Small-Flowered Moldavica 1 50
Dracocephalum thymiflora Thyme-Flowered Moldavica 2 260
Drimys winteri Winter's Bark 2 0
Drynaria fortunei Fortune's Fern 1 4, 140
Dryopteris filix-mas Male Fern 1 0