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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 IC50=5.5 ug/ml *
ALPHA-CYPERONE 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
Arbutus unedo Arbutus; Strawberry Tree 5 0
Arctium lappa Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock 2 0
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry; Uva Ursi 7 25, 909
Ardisia japonica Marlberry 1 0
Argemone mexicana Prickly Poppy 1 820
Armoracia rusticana Horseradish 1 0
Artemisia abrotanum Southernwood 2 0
Artemisia absinthium Wormwood 2 60
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 15 309, 175
Artemisia capillaris Capillary Wormwood 1 0
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 4 560
Artemisia herba-alba Desert Wormwood 3 0
Artemisia indica 4 155
Artemisia salsoloides 3 10, 150
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 1 0
Artocarpus altilis Breadfruit 1 0
Artocarpus heterophyllus Jackfruit 2 0
Artocarpus integrifolia 1 3, 000
Arundo donax Giant Reed 1 0
Asimina triloba Pawpaw 2 0