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Biological Activity Antimigraine

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
ALLITHIAMIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ANANDAMIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
ANISODINE not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID not available Martindale's 29th
CHRYSANTHENYL-ACETATE not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEN not available Duke, 1992 *
ERGOTAMINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HISTAMINE not available Martindale's 28th
MAGNESIUM 200 mg/day/man Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
PAPAVERINE 150 mg/man/2x/day Martindale's 28th
PARTHENOLIDE 250 ug/man/day Duke, 1992 *
RESERPINE not available Martindale's 28th
RIBOFLAVIN not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 500 mg/man/4x/day Martindale's 29th
VIT-B2 not available Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-B-1 not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Abelmoschus esculentus Okra 5 12, 425.300000071526
Abelmoschus manihot Manioc Hibiscus 1 4, 862
Abrus precatorius Crab's Eye; Jequerity; Coral Beadplant; Indian Licorice; Licorice Vine; Love Bean; Lucky Bean; Minnie-Minnies; Prayer Beads; Precatory Bean; Red Beadvine; Rosary Pea; Weatherplant; Weathervine; Jequirity Bean 1 0
Acacia catechu Black Cutch; Catechu 1 0
Acacia farnesiana Cassie; Huisache; Sweet Acacia; Opopanax; Popinac 4 15, 530
Acacia nilotica Babul 4 0
Acacia senegal Gum Arabic; Gum Arabic Tree; Kher; Senegal Gum; Sudan Gum Arabic 2 0
Acalypha indica Cancer Herb; Indian Acalypha; Copperleaf; Indian Nettle; Three-Seeded-Mercury 1 37, 700
Acanthopanax gracilistylis Wu Chia Pi 1 2, 840
Achillea millefolium Yarrow; Milfoil 5 11, 395.199999809265
Achyranthes bidentata Chaff Flower 1 5, 730
Aconitum carmichaelii Aconite; Fu-Tsu 1 980
Acorus calamus Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot 2 6, 600
Actaea dahurica Sheng ma; Xing an sheng ma 1 2, 900
Actaea racemosa Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot 4 3, 639.2999999523163
Actinidia chinensis Kiwi 4 8, 144
Aegle marmelos Bael de India; Bael fruit 3 2, 788
Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut 1 171.1999969482422
Aframomum melegueta Alligator Pepper; Grains-of-Paradise; Guinea Grains; Melegueta Pepper; Malagettapfeffer (Ger.); Malagueta (Sp.) 1 9, 000
Agathosma betulina Buchu; Honey Buchu; Mountain Buchu 4 21, 390.300000071526