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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
TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
THEOBROMINE 10 mg/kg/orl/man Martindale's 29th
THEOPHYLLINE 5 mg/kg/orl/man Martindale's 29th
THIOSULFINATE not available Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
THYMOQUINONE not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-5-ETHYL-4,6,7-TRITHIA-2-DECENE-4-S-OXIDE 10-100 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARVEOL not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-METHYLSULPHINOTHIOIC-ACID-S-1-PROPENYLESTER 10-100 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-N-PROPYLSULPHINOTHIOIC-ACID-S-1-PROPENYLESTER 10-100 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-TRANS-5-ETHYL-4,6,7-TRITHIA-2,8-DECADIENE-4-S-OXIDE 10-100 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
TYLOPHORINE not available Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
VASICINONE not available Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
VISNADIN not available Duke, 1992 *
Z-LIGUSTILIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
Z-N-BUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Limonia acidissima Elephant Apple; Manzana De Elefante; Wood-Apple 1 195
Lindera benzoin Benjamin Bush; Spicebush; Wild Allspice; Fieberstrauch (Ger.) 2 621.6000000238419
Linum usitatissimum Flax; Linseed 4 40, 074.64200001955
Lippia alba White Lippia 1 0
Lippia dulcis Sweet Herb 1 0
Lippia javanica Lemon Bush; Umsuzwane (Zulu) 1 0
Liquidambar styraciflua American Styrax; Sweetgum 2 28, 280.80000001192
Litsea glaucescens Mexican bay 2 280
Lobelia inflata Indian Tobacco; Lobelia 5 52, 873
Lobelia tupa Devil's Tobacco 1 0
Lonicera japonica Japanese Honeysuckle 3 2, 990.6019999980927
Lophatherum gracile Dan Zhu Ye 1 2, 490
Lophophora williamsii Peyote 1 0
Ludwigia adscendens Ascending ludwigia 1 0
Ludwigia perennis Perennial ludwigia 1 0
Luffa aegyptiaca Luffa; Smooth Loofah; Vegetable Sponge 3 47, 289
Lupinus albus White Lupine 1 2, 200
Lupinus mutabilis Andean Lupine; Chocho; Tarhui 1 7.5
Lycium barbarum Barbary Matrimony Vine; Ning Xia Gou Qi (Chin.); Matrimony Vine; Common Matrimony Vine; Duke of Argyll's Eta Tree 3 450
Lycium chinense Wolfberry; Chinese Boxthorn; Chinese Matrimony Vine; Chinese Wolfberry; Gou Qi (Chin.); Lyciet de Chine (Fr.); Chinesischer Bocksdorn (Ger.); Daun Koki (Indones.); Spina Santa Cinese (Ital.); Kuko (Jap.); Kaukichai (Malays.) 6 60, 698