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Biological Activity Antimelanomic

List of activity chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Dosage Reference
D-LIMONENE IC50=450 uM/l Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROFALCARINDIOL 1.33 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
DIOSMIN not available Duke, 1992 *
EICOSAPENTAENOIC-ACID IC50=1 uM Duke, 1992 *
ELLIPTICINE ED50=0.77 ug/ml J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
FALCARINOL 0.25-3 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL IC50=50 uM/l Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN not available Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
GERANIOL IC50=150 uM/l Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
GUATTEGAUMERINE <5 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
HARRINGTONINE ED50=0.077 ug/ml J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
HOMOHARRINGTONINE ED50=0.045 ug/ml J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
HUAJIAOSIMULINE ED50=37 uM Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE not available Duke, 1992 *
INDICINE-N-OXIDE ED50=>40 ug/ml Cordell, G.A., Beecher, C.W.W., and Pezzuto, J.M. Can ethnopharmacology contribute to the development of new anticancer drugs? Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117-133, 1991.
INOSITOL-HEXAPHOSPHATE not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPACHOL not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Citrus limon Lemon 8 1, 543, 687
Citrus medica Citron 1 0
Citrus mitis Calamansi; Calamondin 1 0.800000011920929
Citrus paradisi Grapefruit 5 18, 577.0270000007
Citrus reticulata Mandarin; Tangerine 5 20.400000005960464
Citrus sinensis Orange 8 15, 106.502000096953
Claoxylon polot not available 1 10
Clinopodium umbrosum not available 1 0
Clitoria falcata not available 1 0
Clitoria ternatea not available 1 25
Clusia arboricida not available 1 60.79999923706055
Clusia sp. not available 1 0
Cnicus benedictus Blessed Thistle 3 3.4000000953674316
Coccoloba excoriata not available 1 0
Cocos nucifera Coconut; Coconut Palm; Copra; Nariyal; Kokospalme (Ger.); Cocotero (Sp.) 1 0.11999999731779099
Colchicum autumnale Autumn Crocus; Meadow Saffron 2 24, 600
Coleus barbatus Forskohl's Coleus 2 68, 000
Cologana broussonetii not available 1 0
Colubrina granulosa not available 1 0
Combretum imberbe not available 1 0