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Biological Activity Antimalarial

List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
DIUVERETIN EC50=4.2 ug/ml Chanphen, R., Thebtaranonth, Y., Wanauppathamkul, S., and Yuthavong, Y. 1998. Antimalarial Principles from Artemisia indica. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9):1146-1147.
ECHITAMINE 1.6 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID IC50=0.5 uM Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
EMETINE not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
ENTANDROPHRAGMIN IC50=50 Duke, 1992 *
EPOXYADADIRADONE IC50=0.77 ug/ml Zeits. Lebensmitt. Unters. & Forsch. Acta Botanica Sinica, 174(3):211. 1982.
ETHYL-CRYPTOLEPIDONOATE IC50=3.8 uM Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
EUPATORIN IC50=65 uM Duke, 1992 *
EURYCOMALACTONE not available Duke, 1992 *
EURYCOMANOL IC50=1.2-4.9 uM Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
EURYCOMANOL-2-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE IC50=0.4-3.5 uM Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
EURYCOMANONE IC50=1.2-4.9 uM Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
EVODULONE IC50=18.27 ug/mL) Duke, 1992 *
EVOXANTHINE IC50=67.6 ug/ml Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
EXIGUAFLAVANONE-A IC50=4.6-7.1 ug/ml Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
EXIGUAFLAVONE-A EC50=4.6 ug/ml Chanphen, R., Thebtaranonth, Y., Wanauppathamkul, S., and Yuthavong, Y. 1998. Antimalarial Principles from Artemisia indica. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9):1146-1147.
EXIGUAFLAVONE-B EC50=7 ug/ml Chanphen, R., Thebtaranonth, Y., Wanauppathamkul, S., and Yuthavong, Y. 1998. Antimalarial Principles from Artemisia indica. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9):1146-1147.
FAGARAMIDE IC50=12.3 ug/ml Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
FAGARONINE IC50=0.009 ug/ml Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
FEBRIFUGINE IC50=0.001-0.07 uM Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Psidium cattleianum Strawberry Guava 2 0
Psidium guajava Guava 7 11, 210
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Asparagus Pea; Goa Bean; Winged Bean 1 159, 000
Psychotria adenophylla not available 1 0
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken; Bracken Fern 2 0
Pterocarpus marsupium Indian Kino; Malabar Kino; bijasal 1 0
Pterocarpus santalinus Red Saunders 1 0
Ptychopetalum olacoides Muira Puama 1 0
Pueraria montana Kudzu; Kudsu 2 0
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 7 123, 200
Putoria calabrica not available 1 0
Pygeum acuminatum not available 1 0
Pyrus communis Pear 3 28
Quercus alba White Oak 1 0
Quercus bambusaefolia not available 1 3.700000047683716
Quercus championi not available 1 3.299999952316284
Quercus infectoria Aleppo Oak; Dyer's Oak; Gall Oak 2 0
Quercus myrsinaefolia not available 1 1.100000023841858
Quercus robur English Oak 1 0
Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak 1 0