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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
Ulex micranthus not available 1 0
Ulex sp not available 1 0
Ulmus rubra Slippery Elm; Red Elm 1 3
Umbellularia californica California Bay 2 1, 360
Uncaria catechu Gambir; Pale Catechu 1 0
Uncaria guianensis Cat's Claw; Una de Gato; Garabato Colorado; Tambor Huasca; Ungunagi 1 0
Uncaria tomentosa Cat's Claw; Garabato Amarillo; Una de Gato 1 0
Urginea maritima European Squill 1 0
Urtica dioica European Nettle; Stinging Nettle 4 26, 004.400000095367
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry 6 0.06999999843537807
Vaccinium macrocarpon Cranberry; Large Cranberry; American Cranberry 2 750.006000000285
Vaccinium myrtillus Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry 5 8.399999856948853
Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cowberry; Lingen; Lingonberry 3 0.039000000804662704
Valeriana officinalis Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope 8 181, 963.2000002861
Vandasina retusa not available 1 7
Vanilla planifolia Vanilla; Bourbon Vanilla 1 12, 200
Vatica affinis not available 1 740
Vauquelinia corymbosa not available 1 41
Vellozia declinans not available 1 0
Verbascum thapsus Mullein; Velvetplant; Flannelleaf; Flannelplant; Great Mullein 2 2.5