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Biological Activity Antimalarial

List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
BRUCEINE-A IC50=11 ng/ml Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
BRUCEINE-A IC50=0.021-0.5 uM Duke, 1992 *
BRUCEINE-B IC50=0.023-0.5 uM Duke, 1992 *
BRUCEINE-B IC50=0.005-0.011 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.
BRUCEINE-B IC50=11 ng/ml Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
BRUCEINE-C IC50=0.009 uM Duke, 1992 *
BRUCEINE-C IC50=0.005-0.011 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.
BRUCEINE-C IC50=0.5 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.
BRUCEINE-C IC50=5 ng/ml Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
BRUCEINE-D IC50=0.037-0.5 uM Duke, 1992 *
BRUSATOL IC50=0.006 uM Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-16-ALPHA-OXIDE IC50=345 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.
CARYOPHYLLENE-ALPHA-OXIDE EC50=>3-100 uM Duke, 1992 *
CASTICIN IC50=24 uM Duke, 1992 *
CASTICIN (Synergic w artemisinin) Duke, 1992 *
CEDRELONE IC50=0.77 ug/ml Zeits. Lebensmitt. Unters. & Forsch. Acta Botanica Sinica, 174(3):211. 1982.
CEDRONIN IC50=0.23-0.25 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.
CELASTROL IC50=0.181-0.254 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.
CEPHAELINE IC50=0.011-0.027 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.
CHAPARRINONE IC50=0.037 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
Quercus suber Cork Oak 1 0
Quercus velutina Black Oak 1 0
Quisqualis indica Rangoon Creeper 1 0
Rauvolfia serpentina Indian Snakeroot; Serpentine Wood 1 0
Rauvolfia tetraphylla Four-Leaf Devilpepper; Pinque-Pinque 1 0
Rauvolfia vomitoria African Snakeroot 1 0
Rheum officinale Chinese Rhubarb 1 13, 000
Rheum rhabarbarum Rhubarb 1 6, 000
Rhododendron arboreum not available 1 0
Rhododendron dauricum Chinese Alpenrose 3 0
Rhododendron falconeri not available 1 0
Rhododendron ferrugineum Rusty-Leaved Alpenrose 1 0
Rhododendron grande not available 1 0
Rhododendron ponticum Pontic Alpenrose 1 0
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa not available 1 6
Rhus coriaria Sicilian Sumac; Sumac; Tanner's Sumac 2 0
Rhus toxicodendron Poison Ivy 1 0
Ribes nigrum Black Currant 3 4
Ricinus communis Castorbean 3 2, 000
Robinia pseudoacacia Black Locust 1 0