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Anticholinesterase

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
HUPERZINE-B *
IBOGAINE CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
L-CARVONE Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
LIMONENE-OXIDE Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
LYCORINE Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
N-(P-HYDROXYPHENETHYL)-ACTINIDINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PALMATINE 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.
PHYSOSTIGMINE *
PULEGONE Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
PULEGONE-1,2-EPOXIDE Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
SANGUINARINE Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
SELAGINE *
SEROTONIN Martindale's 29th
SOLANIDINE *
SOLANINE 100 uM/l *
SOLASODINE *
TETRAHYDROAMINOACRIDINE *
THYMOL L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
VASICINOL Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Apium graveolens Celery 1 1, 700
Aralia cordata Udo 1 0
Argemone mexicana Prickly Poppy 1 0
Arnica montana Leopard's-Bane; Mountain Tobacco 1 0
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 2 79, 600
Artemisia capillaris Capillary Wormwood 1 0
Artemisia cina Levant Wormseed 1 24, 000
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 1 500
Artemisia herba-alba Desert Wormwood 2 0
Artemisia salsoloides 1 86, 500
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 1 0
Arundo donax Giant Reed 1 0
Aspalathus linearis Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea 1 6, 600
Barosma betulina Buchu 1 2, 750
Berberis vulgaris Barberry 1 0
Bocconia frutescens Tree Poppy 1 0
Calamintha nepeta Turkish Calamint 3 6, 232
Callicarpa americana American Beauty Berry; Beauty Berry; French Mulberry 1 3
Camellia sinensis Tea 1 0
Canarium indicum Java-Olive; Manila Elemi 1 12, 500