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Biological Activity Antiemetic

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
6-GINGEROL 25 mg/kg J. Drug. Dev. (Vol. 6=1993) e.g. Mustafa, T., Srivastava, K.C., and Jensen, K.B. 1993. Drug Development Report (9): Pharmacology of Ginger, Zingiber officinale. J. Drug. Dev. 6(1): 25-39.
ATROPINE not available Martindale's 29th
CAFFEINE 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.
CAMPHOR 100-200 mg man orl Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
DRONABINOL not available Martindale's 29th
GINGEROL not available Duke, 1992 *
HONOKIOL not available Duke, 1992 *
HYOSCYAMINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
JATAMANSONE not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
NABILONE 1-2 mg/2x/day/orl/man/ Martindale's 29th
PYRIDOXINE 20-200 mg/man/day Martindale's 28th
SCOPOLAMINE not available Martindale's 29th
SHOGAOL not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL not available Merck 11th Edition
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Achillea millefolium Yarrow; Milfoil 1 5, 760
Acinos alpinus Te de Sierra Nevada 1 2
Acorus calamus Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot 1 0
Aframomum melegueta Alligator Pepper; Grains-of-Paradise; Guinea Grains; Melegueta Pepper; Malagettapfeffer (Ger.); Malagueta (Sp.) 2 0
Alisma plantago-aquatica Mud Plantain; Tse-Hsieh; Water Plantain; Ze-Xie 1 0
Alpinia galanga Greater Galangal; Siamese Ginger; Languas 1 0
Alpinia officinarum Lesser Galangal; Chinese Ginger 1 0
Ammi visnaga Visnaga 1 0
Amomum compactum Round Cardamom; Chester Cardamom; Siam Cardamom; Java Cardamom 1 0
Anethum graveolens Dill; Garden Dill 1 0
Anisodus tanguticus Zang Qie 3 0
Annona cherimola Cherimoya 1 0
Annona squamosa Sugar-Apple; Sweetsop 1 0
Arctium lappa Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock 1 90
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 1 43, 600
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 1 20, 200
Artemisia herba-alba Desert Wormwood 1 773
Artemisia salsoloides not available 1 210, 000
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 1 0
Atropa bella-donna Belladonna 3 8, 800