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Biological Activity Anticonvulsant

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
(-)-DICENTRINE not available Duke, 1992 *
11-HYDROXY-DELTA-8-THC 1-5 mg/kg ivn Duke, 1992 *
11-HYDROXY-DELTA-9-THC 1-5 mg/kg ivn Duke, 1992 *
5,6-DEHYDROKAWAIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN 100 mg/kg ipr mus Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN 30 mg/kg scu rat mus Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
ACORIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL Synergen Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ARMILLARIEN-A not available Duke, 1992 *
ASARONE not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERASTINE 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.
BERBERINE 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.
BERGAPTEN not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE not available Duke, 1992 *
BILOBALIDE 30 mg/kg/day/orl mus Duke, 1992 *
CANNABIDIOL not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN not available Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDROL not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOSTACHINE-A 250 mg/kg orl Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Dioscorea alata Greater Yam; Winged Yam 2 1, 688
Dioscorea bulbifera Air Potato; Potato Yam 1 740
Dioscorea pentaphylla Mountain Yam 2 821
Dioscorea sp. Wild Yam 2 1, 630
Dioscorea villosa Wild Yam 2 1, 640
Diospyros digyna Black Sapote; Sapote Negro 1 20
Diospyros virginiana American Persimmon 1 10, 400
Dodonaea viscosa Hopwood 1 0
Dracocephalum parviflora Small-Flowered Moldavica 1 160
Dracocephalum thymiflora Thyme-Flowered Moldavica 1 20
Drimys winteri Winter's Bark 1 0
Drynaria fortunei Fortune's Fern 1 4, 140
Dryopteris marginalis Marginal Wood Fern; Marginal Fern 2 0
Duboisia myoporoides Corkwood Tree; Pituri 1 7, 930.002000000095
Durio zibethinus Durian 1 37
Echinacea purpurea Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower 3 5, 784
Echinacea spp Coneflower; Echinacea 4 3, 754
Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian Olive; Silver Berry 1 40
Elaeagnus commutata Silver Berry 1 30
Elaeagnus umbellatus Russian Olive 3 1, 305