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Biological Activity Antileukemic

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
DEOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN 4.7 ppb Duke, 1992 *
DICHAMANETIN ED50=1.4 ppb Duke, 1992 *
DIGALLIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
DIGIFERRUGINEOL ED50=0.09 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
DIGIFERRUGINOL ED50=0.09 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
DIPHYLLIN not available Duke, 1992 *
DIRCIN not available Duke, 1992 *
DIUVARETIN ED50= 840 ppt Duke, 1992 *
ECHITAMINE 16 mg/kg Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
EICOSAPENTAENOIC-ACID 10 uM Duke, 1992 *
ELABUNIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLIPTICINE not available Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
EMARGINATINE-A not available Duke, 1992 *
EMETINE not available Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ENT-CLERODANE not available Duke, 1992 *
ENTERODIOL IC50=>10 ug/ml Life Sciences 55: 1061.
EPICATECHIN IC50=>10 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
ETOPOSIDE IC50=0.014 ug/ml Life Sciences 55: 1061.
ETOPOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Pachira aquatica Provision Tree 1 0
Paeonia japonica not available 1 5, 000
Paeonia lactiflora Chih-Shao; Peony; Common Garden Peony; White Peony; Bai Shao (Chinese) 6 0
Paeonia moutan Moutan; Tree Peony 3 0
Paeonia officinalis Double Peony 1 0
Paeonia suffruticosa Moutan; Tree Peony; Moutan Peony 3 0
Palaquium grande not available 1 7
Panax ginseng Chinese Ginseng; Oriental Ginseng; Ginseng; Korean Ginseng 10 3, 030
Panax japonicus Japanese Ginseng 2 0
Panax notoginseng Sanchi Ginseng 3 0
Panax quinquefolius American Ginseng; Ginseng 5 2, 066
Panicum maximum Guinea grass 1 345
Papaver somniferum Opium Poppy; Poppyseed Poppy 6 1, 100
Parthenium integrifolium Feverfew; American Feverfew; Wild Quinine; Missouri Snakeroot; Prairie-Dock 1 12.5
Passiflora incarnata Manzana de Mayo; Mayapple; Passionflower 5 0
Pastinaca sativa Parsnip 2 0
Pedicularis longiflora not available 1 0
Pedicularis palustris not available 1 2
Pelargonium roseum Scented Geranium 1 1, 962
Pericopsis laxiflora not available 1 0