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Biological Activity Antibronchitic

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
1,8-CINEOLE not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLCYSTEINE not available Duke, 1992 *
AMINOPHYLLINE not available Martindale's 28th
ANDROSIN IC60-70=10 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
ANDROSIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ANDROSIN inl 0.5 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
ANTHORHODODENDRIN not available Duke, 1992 *
APOMORPHINE not available Martindale's 28th
BERGENIN not available HerbalGram No. 24, page 37.
BORNEOL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BROMELAIN not available Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
CHELIDONINE 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.
CREOSOTE 0.12-0.6 ml/man Martindale's 28th
CURCUMIN not available Duke, 1992 *
EPHEDRINE not available Duke, 1992 *
FARREROL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FORSKOLIN not available Duke, 1992 *
FRAXETIN not available Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
GALLIC-ACID not available Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
GINKGETIN not available Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Abies sachalinensis Japanese Fir; Shin-Yo-Yu 1 7, 560
Abrus precatorius Crab's Eye; Jequerity; Coral Beadplant; Indian Licorice; Licorice Vine; Love Bean; Lucky Bean; Minnie-Minnies; Prayer Beads; Precatory Bean; Red Beadvine; Rosary Pea; Weatherplant; Weathervine; Jequirity Bean 1 0
Acacia catechu Black Cutch; Catechu 1 0
Acacia decurrens Green Wattle 1 0
Acacia farnesiana Cassie; Huisache; Sweet Acacia; Opopanax; Popinac 2 0
Acacia nilotica Babul 1 0
Acacia tortilis Umbrella Thorn 1 0
Achillea millefolium Yarrow; Milfoil 5 3, 940
Achillea moschata Iva 1 1, 854
Acinos alpinus Te de Sierra Nevada 1 4
Acinos suaveolens not available 4 38
Aconitum napellus European Aconite; Monkshood; Aconite; Bear's-Foot; Blue Rocket; Friar's Cap; Garden Monkshood; Garden Wolfsbane; Helmet Flower; Queen's Fettle; Soldier's Cap; Turk's Cap 1 0
Acorus calamus Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot 3 600
Actaea racemosa Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot 1 0
Actinidia chinensis Kiwi 1 0
Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut 2 0
Aframomum melegueta Alligator Pepper; Grains-of-Paradise; Guinea Grains; Melegueta Pepper; Malagettapfeffer (Ger.); Malagueta (Sp.) 1 0
Agathosma betulina Buchu; Honey Buchu; Mountain Buchu 2 0
Ageratum conyzoides Mexican ageratum 1 500
Ailanthus altissima Stinktree; Tree Of Heaven 1 0