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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
Tetracera indica not available 1 6, 000
Tetracera sarmentosa not available 1 12, 300
Tetracera scandens not available 1 13, 500
Tetraclinis articulata Arar Tree; Sandarac 1 0
Teucrium asiaticum not available 1 0.10000000149011612
Teucrium botrys Field Germander 2 0
Teucrium chamaedrys Wall Germander 1 0
Teucrium cyprium 'Cyprus' Germander 2 155
Teucrium divaricatum Hoary Divaricate Germander 2 9
Teucrium gnaphalodes Iberian Germander 2 1
Teucrium kotschyanum Stavros Kotschy's Germander 2 360
Teucrium micropodioides Small 'Cyprus' Germander 2 64
Teucrium montanum Mountain Germander 2 0
Teucrium oxylepis not available 1 1.0100000202655792
Teucrium polium Iberian Golden Germander; Golden Germander 4 8
Teucrium pseudoscorodonia not available 1 0.3400000035762787
Teucrium salviastrum not available 1 0
Teucrium scordium Water Germander 2 0
Teucrium scorodonia Germander; Wood Germander 2 0
Teyleria koordersii not available 1 10