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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
Pancratium maritimum Sea Daffodil 2 0
Papaver somniferum Opium Poppy; Poppyseed Poppy 1 0
Perilla frutescens Perilla 2 10, 000
Persea americana Avocado 1 0
Petroselinum crispum Parsley 1 32
Peumus boldus Boldo 3 40, 218
Phellodendron amurense Huang Po; Po Mu; Amur Cork Tree; Huang Bai 1 0
Phoenix dactylifera Date Palm 1 9
Physostigma venenosum Calabar Bean 2 0
Pimenta dioica Allspice; Jamaica-Pepper; Pimenta; Clover-Pepper; Pimento 1 965
Pimenta racemosa Bayrum Tree; West Indian Bay 1 1, 360
Pimpinella anisum Anise; Sweet Cumin 3 0
Pinus sylvestris Scotch Pine 2 0
Piper auritum Cordoncillo; Hierba Santa; Hoja Santa 1 0
Piper cubeba Cubeb; Cubeb Pepper 1 2, 800
Piper nigrum Black Pepper; Pepper; White Pepper 1 0
Plectranthus coleoides 1 275
Plectranthus incanus Lal Agada 1 170
Polianthes tuberosa Tuberose 1 0
Polygonum hydropiper Common Smartweed 1 0