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Biological Activity Antifertility

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
GOSSYPOL 30 mg/kg rats Duke, 1992 *
HIPPADINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOROTTLERIN not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 250 mg/kg/day/60 days/orl rat Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.
LEMMATOXIN not available Duke, 1992 *
M-XYLOGYDROQUINONE IC50=300-350 mg/orl/woman/2 x month ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALVIDIN not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOGLYCOTOXIN-A not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERINE 12.5 mg/kg Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
PLUMBAGIN not available Fitoterapia No.5-1990.
PODOPHYLLOTOXIN not available Pei-Gen, X., and Nai-Gong, W. Can ethnopharmacology contribute to the development of anti-fertility drugs? Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 32: 167-177, 1991.
ROTTLERIN not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTONIN 40 mg/kg/day Duke, 1992 *
SOLASODINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SOPHORICOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-5-ENE-3-BETA-7-ALPHA-DIOL not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-5-ENE-3-BETA-7-BETA-DIOL not available Duke, 1992 *
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
Aglaia odorata Chinese Rice Flower 1 0
Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony; Sticklewort 3 98
Ailanthus altissima Stinktree; Tree Of Heaven 1 0
Ajuga bracteosa Nilkanthi 1 0
Akebia quinata Chocolate Vine 1 0
Albizia lebbeck East Indian Walnut; Siris Tree; Frywood; Koko; Lebbek; Lebbek Tree; Women's-Tongue Tree 3 0
Albizia procera not available 1 0
Aleurites fordii Tungoil Tree 1 0
Alisma plantago-aquatica Mud Plantain; Tse-Hsieh; Water Plantain; Ze-Xie 1 0
Allium ampeloprasum Elephant Garlic; Kurrat 2 0
Allium cepa Onion; Shallot 5 1, 024
Allium sativum var. sativum Garlic 5 1, 483
Allium schoenoprasum Chives 2 76
Alnus glutinosa Black Alder 1 0
Aloe vera Bitter Aloes; Aloe 3 0
Alpinia officinarum Lesser Galangal; Chinese Ginger 1 0
Althaea officinalis Marshmallow; White Mallow 2 0
Amaranthus spinosus Spiny pigweed 1 0
Ammi visnaga Visnaga 1 0
Amphicarpaea bracteata Hog Peanut 1 5