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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
Phaseolus spp not available 1 0
Phaseolus vulgaris Black Bean; Green Bean; Haricot Bean; Garden Bean; String Bean; Dwarf Bean; Field Bean; Flageolet Bean; French Bean; Kidney Bean; Navy Bean; Pop Bean; Popping Bean; Snap Bean; Wax Bean; Haricot Vert; Haricot 3 17, 426.69997406006
Phellodendron amurense Huang Po; Po Mu; Amur Cork Tree; Huang Bai 1 0
Phoenix dactylifera Date Palm 1 0
Phoradendron juniperinum not available 1 3
Phyllanthus emblica Emblic; Myrobalan 2 11, 000
Physalis peruviana Cape Gooseberry; Ground Cherry 2 0
Physostigma venenosum Calabar Bean 1 0
Phytolacca americana Pokeweed 1 0
Picrasma excelsa Bitterwood; Jamaican Quassia 1 0
Pimenta dioica Allspice; Jamaica-Pepper; Pimenta; Clover-Pepper; Pimento 1 2, 950
Pimpinella anisum Anise; Sweet Cumin 2 1, 474
Pinellia ternata Ban-Xia; Pan-Hsia 1 0
Pinus mugo Dwarf Pine; Swiss Mountain Pine 1 0
Pinus sylvestris Scotch Pine 2 0
Piper auritum Cordoncillo; Hierba Santa; Hoja Santa 1 0
Piper cubeba Cubeb; Cubeb Pepper 1 8, 000
Piper methysticum Kava-Kava 1 166, 000
Piper nigrum Black Pepper; Pepper; White Pepper 4 455, 730
Piptanthus nanus not available 1 0