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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
Prunus nipponica not available 1 0
Prunus persica Peach 2 0.003000000026077032
Prunus serotina Black Cherry; Wild Cherry 1 0
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn; Sloe 2 0
Prunus spp not available 1 0
Prunus verecunda not available 1 0
Pseudeminia comosa not available 1 4
Pseudoeriosema borianii not available 1 20
Pseudovigna argentea not available 1 8
Psidium cattleianum Strawberry Guava 1 0
Psidium guajava Guava 2 200
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Asparagus Pea; Goa Bean; Winged Bean 1 159, 000
Psoralea corylifolia Babchi; Black Dot; Malaya Tea 3 6, 552
Psychotria adenophylla not available 1 0
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken; Bracken Fern 2 0
Pterocarpus angolensis not available 1 0
Pterocarpus marsupium Indian Kino; Malabar Kino; bijasal 1 0
Pterocarpus santalinus Red Saunders 1 0
Ptychopetalum olacoides Muira Puama 1 0
Pueraria montana Kudzu; Kudsu 5 7, 162.399963378906