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Biological Activity Anticolitic?

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
AURICULARINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
INULIN not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Achillea millefolium Yarrow; Milfoil 1 0
Allium sativum var. sativum Garlic 1 0
Arctium lappa Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock 1 1, 500, 000
Arnica montana Leopard's-Bane; Mountain Tobacco 1 240, 000
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 1 100, 000
Asparagus officinalis Asparagus 1 0
Calendula officinalis Calendula; Pot-Marigold 1 0
Centaurea calcitrapa Star-Thistle 1 0
Cichorium endivia Endive; Escarole 1 0
Cichorium intybus Chicory; Witloof; Succory 1 2, 550, 000
Cynara cardunculus Artichoke 1 0
Echinacea angustifolia Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower 1 270, 000
Echinacea purpurea Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower 1 510, 000
Echinacea spp Coneflower; Echinacea 1 400, 000
Eupatorium perfoliatum Boneset 1 150, 000
Gentiana lutea Yellow Gentian; Gentian 1 0
Helianthus tuberosus Jerusalem Artichoke 1 0
Inula helenium Elecampane 1 450, 000
Lactuca scariola Prickly Lettuce 1 0
Menyanthes trifoliata Bogbean; Buckbean; Bog Myrtle; Marsh Clover; Marsh Trefoil; Water Trefoil 1 0