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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Antimalarial

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
AJUGARIN-I IC50=23 uM *
AKAGERINE IC50=7 mg/ml Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
AKUAMMIDINE IC50=0.08-0.9 ug/ml Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
AKUAMMIGINE *
AKUAMMINE (1/500th chloroquine) 1 mg/kg Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
ALPHA-CYPERONE 5.5 ug/ml *
ALPHA-CYPERONE IC50=5.5 ug/ml *
ALPHA-PEROXYACHIFOLIDE 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.
ALPHA-SELINENE IC50=>50 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.
ALPHA-YOHIMBINE IC50=>200 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.
ALPINUMISOFLAVONE IC50=24.6 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.
ALSTOMACROLINE IC50=1.1-10.2 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.
ALSTOMACROPHYLLINE IC50=1.1 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.
ALSTONERINE IC50=9.7-46.3 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.
ALSTONERINE IC50=46.3 uM *
ALSTOPHYLLINE IC50=12.7-82.5 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.
ALSTOUMERINE IC50=13.1 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.
ANCISTROBERTSONINE-A IC50=15.9->23.7 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.
ANCISTROBERTSONINE-B IC50=9->23.7 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.
ANCISTROBERTSONINE-C IC50=4.5-10.1 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.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Polygonum hydropiper Common Smartweed 3 30, 000
Polygonum hydropiperoides Mild Water Pepper 1 0
Polygonum multiflorum Chinese Cornbind; Fleeceflower; Fo Ti; He Shou Wu; Chinese Knotweed 1 0
Polygonum plebeium 1 75
Pongamia pinnata 1 45
Populus balsamifera Balsam Poplar 1 0
Populus tacamahacca Balm Of Gilead 2 0
Pouteria torta 1 15
Prosopis glandulosa Mesquite; Honey Mesquite 2 320
Prosopis juliflora Mesquite 1 0
Prunella vulgaris Self-Heal; Heal-All 6 10, 281.760000228882
Prunus africana Bitter Almond; Red Stinkwood 2 57, 800
Prunus armeniaca Apricot 2 17, 700
Prunus cerasus Sour Cherry 4 0
Prunus domestica Plum 1 0
Prunus dulcis Almond 1 0
Prunus laurocerasus Cherry Laurel 2 10, 000
Prunus persica Peach 2 0
Prunus serotina Black Cherry; Wild Cherry 2 0
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn; Sloe 2 0