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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
Talguenea quinquenervis not available 1 0
Tamarindus indica Tamarind; Kilytree; Indian Tamarind 3 15, 000
Tanacetum parthenium Feverfew 3 1.7000000476837158
Tanacetum vulgare Tansy 2 0
Taraxacum officinale Dandelion 3 0.8999999761581421
Taxus baccata Common Yew 1 0
Taxus sumatrana Sumatran Yew 1 0
Tecoma stans Yellow Elder 2 80
Tectona grandis Teak 1 10, 290
Teline sp not available 1 0
Telosma cordata Merrill flowers 1 4, 439
Tephrosia purpurea Purple Tephrosia; Wild Indigo 2 60
Terminalia alata not available 1 130
Terminalia arjuna Arjun; Arjuna 1 1.7999999523162842
Terminalia catappa Indian Almond; Tropical Almond; Malabar Almond 2 0
Terminalia chebula Ink Nut; Myrobalan; Black Myrobalan; Chebulic Myrobalan 2 0
Terminalia ivorensis Idigbo; Emire; Blackbark; Black Afara; Brimstonewood; Satinwood; Shinglewood 2 0
Ternstroemia gymnanthera not available 1 0
Ternstromia merriliana not available 1 20, 000
Tetracera akara not available 1 10, 500