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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Antifertility

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
(-)-GOSSYPOL 30 mg/kg rats *
ALOIN 62.5 mg/kg/day *
ARISTOLACTAM-N-B-D-GLUCOSIDE *
ARISTOLIC-ACID *
ARISTOLINDIQUINONE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ARISTOLOCHIC-ACID *
ASIATICOSIDE Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
BENZOQUINONE *
BETA-SITOSTEROL Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
BRAHMINOSIDE Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CHALEPENSIN Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CITRANTIN *
CORONARIDINE Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
DATURACTONE Pei-Gen, X., and Nai-Gong, W. Can ethnopharmacology contribute to the development of anti-fertility drugs? Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 32: 167-177, 1991.
DIALLYL-TRISULFIDE LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
EMBELIN 20-50 mg/kg *
FERUJOL *
FRAXINELLONE Pei-Gen, X., and Nai-Gong, W. Can ethnopharmacology contribute to the development of anti-fertility drugs? Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 32: 167-177, 1991.
GENISTEIN *
GOSSYPOL 30 mg/kg Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Macroptylium martii 1 0
Macrotyloma axillare 1 0
Macrotyloma uniflora 1 0
Magnolia denudata Hsin-I; Xin-Yi 1 0
Magnolia kobus Hsin-I; Xin-Yi 2 0
Magnolia officinalis Chinese Magnolia; Hou Pu; Magnolia-Bark 1 0
Malus domestica Apple 3 1, 122
Malva sylvestris High Mallow 1 0
Mangifera indica Mango 2 0
Marrubium vulgare Horehound; White Horehound 1 0
Matricaria recutita Annual Camomile; German Camomile; Wild Camomile 4 0
Medicago sativa Alfalfa; Lucerne 4 10
Melaleuca leucadendra Cajeput 2 0
Melia azedarach Chinaberry 3 0
Melilotus indica Small-Flowered Melilot 1 0
Melilotus officinalis Yellow Sweetclover 3 12.5
Melissa officinalis Balm; Lemonbalm; Melissa; Bee Balm 3 33.20000076293945
Mentha spicata Spearmint; Hortela da Folha Miuda 2 0
Mentha x piperita Peppermint 1 0
Mentha x rotundifolia Applemint 2 0