An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column.
Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Viscum album European Mistletoe 1 0
Vitex agnus-castus Chaste-Tree 1 0
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 5 1, 216
Withania somnifera Ashwagandha 1 200
Xylopia aethiopica Ethiopian Pepper; Guinea Pepper; Negro Pepper; Spice Tree; Mohrenpfeffer (Ger.); Maniguete (Sp.); Pimienta de Guinea (Sp.) 1 63, 700
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 1 0
Zea mays Corn 4 2, 547
Zingiber officinale Ginger 3 519
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 1 0
Zizyphus spina-christi Syrian Christ-Thorn 1 0