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Biological Activity Anticholinesterase

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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
HUPERZINE-B not available Duke, 1992 *
IBOGAINE not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
L-CARVONE not available Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
LIMONENE-OXIDE not available Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
LYCORINE not available Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
N-(P-HYDROXYPHENETHYL)-ACTINIDINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PALMATINE 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.
PHYSOSTIGMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
PULEGONE not available 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 not available Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
SANGUINARINE not available Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
SELAGINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SEROTONIN not available Martindale's 29th
SOLANIDINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SOLANINE 100 uM/l Duke, 1992 *
SOLASODINE not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRAHYDROAMINOACRIDINE not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL not available L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
VASICINOL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Prunella vulgaris Self-Heal; Heal-All 1 4, 500
Prunus domestica Plum 1 0
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 1 96
Pycnanthemum albescens White Mountain Mint 2 14, 553
Pycnanthemum beadlei Beadle's Mountain Mint 2 3, 605
Pycnanthemum californicum California Mountain Mint 2 29, 412
Pycnanthemum clinopodioides Clinopod Mountain Mint 2 6, 072
Pycnanthemum incanum Hoary Mountain Mint 2 10, 412
Pycnanthemum loomisii Loomis' Mountain Mint 2 26, 124
Pycnanthemum montanum Montane Mountain Mint 2 1, 560
Pycnanthemum muticum Muticous Mountain Mint 2 40, 300
Pycnanthemum nudum Nude Mountain Mint 1 23, 348
Pycnanthemum pilosum Pilose Mountain Mint 2 56, 070
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides Typical Mountain Mint 2 34, 452
Pycnanthemum setosum Setose Mountain Mint 2 26, 846
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Slenderleaf Mountain Mint 2 14, 540
Pycnanthemum torreyi Torrey's Mountain Mint 2 830
Pycnanthemum verticillatum Whorled Mountain Mint 2 14, 637
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia Mountain Mint 3 19, 459
Ravensara aromatica Ravensara 1 64