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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
Sambucus simpsonii Simpson's elderberry 1 0
Sanguisorba minor Small Burnet 6 0
Sanguisorba officinalis Greater Burnet 4 1, 100
Sansevieria trifasciata African Bowstring Hemp; Snake Plant 1 0
Santalum album White Sandalwood 1 0
Santolina chamaecyparissus Lavender Cotton 5 0
Sarcostemma acidum Soma 1 0
Sarracenia alata not available 1 0
Sarracenia flava not available 3 50
Sarracenia leucophylla not available 1 0
Sarracenia psittacina not available 1 0
Sarracenia purpurea not available 2 0
Sarracenia rubra not available 1 0
Sassafras albidum Sassafras 2 87
Satureja hortensis Summer Savory 4 3, 580
Satureja montana Winter Savory; Savory 7 118, 946
Saussurea lappa Costus; Kuth 1 0
Schefflera octophylla not available 1 0
Schefflera species not available 1 0
Schefflera venulosa not available 1 200