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Biological Activity Antibacterial

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
NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC-ACID MIC=10 ug/ml Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
NORDIJYDROTOXIFERINE not available Duke, 1992 *
NORISOGUAIACIN not available Duke, 1992 *
NOVOMANINE not available Duke, 1992 *
NYASOL not available Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID not available Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
OBOVATOL not available Duke, 1992 *
ODORIN not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
OLEANOLIC-ACID MIC=625-1,250 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
OPC not available Duke, 1992 *
OPCS not available Duke, 1992 *
ORIDONIN not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYACANTHINE not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYASIATICOSIDE not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
P-AMINOBENZOIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID not available Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
P-CYMENE not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYACETOPHENONE not available Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
P-METHYLBENZOIC-ACID not available Spring, M.A. 1988. Ethnopharmacologic Analysis of Medicinal Plants Used by Laotian Hmong Refugees in Minnesota. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 26: 65-91, 1989.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Ruellia tuberosa not available 1 0
Rumex acetosa Garden Sorrel 8 26, 072
Rumex acetosella Sheep Sorrel 6 157, 420
Rumex crispus Curly Dock; Lengua De Vaca; Yellow Dock; Sour Dock 11 282, 936
Rumex hymenosepalus Canaigre 1 350, 000
Ruscus aculeatus Butcher's Broom; Box-Holly 5 2, 154
Ruta graveolens Rue 14 24, 790
Salix alba White Willow 12 375, 080
Salix sp. not available 1 0
Salvia canariensis Canary Island Sage 10 2, 077.6000000089407
Salvia dorisiana 'Honduran' Sage 13 171.8000009059906
Salvia farinacea not available 1 0
Salvia gilliesii 'Cordoba' Sage 8 399
Salvia longistyla not available 1 28.200000762939453
Salvia mexicana not available 1 0
Salvia miltiorrhiza Dan-Shen; Red Sage; Tan-Shen 2 0
Salvia nicolsoniana not available 1 58.70000076293945
Salvia officinalis Sage 47 3, 889, 084
Salvia sclarea Clary Sage 24 38, 570
Salvia sp. Chia 5 2, 552