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Biological Activity Antimalarial

List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
AJUGARIN-I IC50=23 uM Duke, 1992 *
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 not available Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CYPERONE IC50=5.5 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Vitex agnus-castus Chaste-Tree 5 4, 000.5
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 7 128
Wisteria floribunda not available 1 0
Withania somnifera Ashwagandha 2 0
Woodfordia floribunda not available 1 24.399999618530273
Wormia burbidgei not available 1 24, 000
Wormia triquetra not available 1 32, 000
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Yellowroot 5 26, 000
Xylopia aethiopica Ethiopian Pepper; Guinea Pepper; Negro Pepper; Spice Tree; Mohrenpfeffer (Ger.); Maniguete (Sp.); Pimienta de Guinea (Sp.) 1 0
Zanthoxylum alatum Indian Prickly Ash; Wartara Oil Tree 2 0
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 2 0
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Pepperbark; Southern Prickly Ash; Hercules'-Club; West Indian Yellowwood 1 0
Zea mays Corn 2 0
Zingiber officinale Ginger 5 630
Ziziphus joazeiro not available 1 1, 200
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 4 82, 704
Zizyphus mauritiana not available 1 60
Zizyphus nummularia not available 1 116.5999984741211
Zizyphus oenoplia not available 1 3, 266.800048828125
Zizyphus rugosa not available 1 644