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Biological Activity Antimalarial

List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
QUERCETIN IC50=1-6.4 ug/ml Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
QUINDOLINE IC50=>229 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.
QUINICINE IC50=11.2 ug/ml Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
QUINIDINE 10 mg/kg/orl/man/8 hrs Martindale's 29th
QUINIDINONE IC50=4.7 ug/ml Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
QUININE IC50=0.18 ug/ml Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
QUININE-SULFATE 2,000 mg/man/day Martindale's 28th
QUINOLINE not available Merck 11th Edition
ROBUSTANOL not available Duke, 1992 *
ROEMREFRIDINE IC50=0.6-0.7 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.
RUBIADIN-1-METHYL-ETHER IC50=8-83 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.
RUGOSAL-A IC50=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.
RUTIN IC50=>100 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.
SALANNIN IC50=50 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
SAMADERINE-B-CHAPARRINONE IC50=0.071 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.
SAMADERINE-E-CHAPARRINONE IC50=0.021 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.
SAMADERINE-X-CHAPARRINONE IC50=0.015 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.
SAMADERINE-Z-CHAPARRINONE IC50=0.071 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.
SARACHINE IC50=0.01-0.07 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.
SECURINE IC50=5.4 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.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Malus domestica Apple 5 149, 189
Mangifera indica Mango 1 0
Maranta arundinacea Arrowroot; Bermuda Arrowroot 1 0
Marrubium vulgare Horehound; White Horehound 2 4, 400
Matricaria recutita Annual Camomile; German Camomile; Wild Camomile 4 0
Maytenus aquifolium not available 1 0
Maytenus canariensis not available 1 0
Medicago sativa Alfalfa; Lucerne 1 0
Melaleuca alternifolia Teatree 1 12
Melaleuca leucadendra Cajeput 3 0
Melaleuca leucadendron not available 1 420
Melanoxylon brauna not available 1 250
Melia azedarach Chinaberry 6 0
Melilotus officinalis Yellow Sweetclover 2 0
Melissa officinalis Balm; Lemonbalm; Melissa; Bee Balm 3 0
Menispermum canadense Moonseed 1 0
Mentha aquatica Water Mint 1 0
Mentha longifolia Biblical Mint 2 135
Mentha spicata Spearmint; Hortela da Folha Miuda 4 0
Mentha x piperita Peppermint 4 5.019999999552965