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Biological Activity Antimalarial

List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
ANCISTROBERTSONINE-D IC50=4.8 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.
ANCISTROBREVINE IC50=5-25 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
ANCISTROBREVINE-B IC50=2-4.7 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.
ANCISTROCLADINE IC50=5-25 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
ANCISTROHEYNINE-A IC50=2.1 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.
ANCISTROLIKOKINE-A IC50=0.14-0.19 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.
ANCISTROLIKOKINE-B IC50=0.21-0.54 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.
ANCISTROLIKOKINE-C IC50=0.62-0.92 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.
ANHYDROLYCORINE IC50=6.1-6.4 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.
ANNONACIN IC50=1.3-1.5 ppm Rupprect, J. K., Hui, Y. H., and McLaughlin, J. L., Annonaceous acetogenins: a review, J. Nat. Prod, 53(2), 1990, 237-238.
ANOLIGNAN IC50=20 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.
APIOLE not available Duke, 1992 *
ARBORININE IC50=8.5 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.
AROMOLINE IC50=0.67 ug/ml (ca 1/5 chloroquine) Duke, 1992 *
ARTARINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ARTEANNUIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ARTEINCULTON IC50=7.5 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.
ARTEMETHER not available Merck 11th Edition
ARTEMETIN (Synergic w artemisinin) IC50=26 uM Duke, 1992 *
ARTEMISINE not available Duke, 1992 *
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