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Biological Activity Antiprostaglandin

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
BETA-SITOSTEROL 30 mg/day/12 wks Duke, 1992 *
BOLDINE IC53=75 uM Abstract (See species file)
BROMELAIN not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
BUTYL-PHTHALIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
CANNFLAVIN not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL not available Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN IC50=80 uM (cf indomethacin IC50=1 uM) Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHENYL-ACETATE not available Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERYL-ALCOHOL not available Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERYL-ALDEHYDE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CRYOGENINE 424-1,050 ppm Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMIN 8.8 uM Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMINOIDS not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
DIARYLHEPTANOID not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
DIOSMIN not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 11 uM Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL IC50=9.2 mM Duke, 1992 *
EUGENYL-ACETATE ED50=3 uM Duke, 1992 *
FAGARAMIDE not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Linum usitatissimum Flax; Linseed 4 1, 184.1780000030994
Lippia graveolens Oregano 1 0
Liquidambar orientalis Oriental Storax; Oriental Styrax 1 0
Liquidambar styraciflua American Styrax; Sweetgum 1 0
Lonicera japonica Japanese Honeysuckle 2 0
Lupinus albus White Lupine 2 3, 225
Lycium barbarum Barbary Matrimony Vine; Ning Xia Gou Qi (Chin.); Matrimony Vine; Common Matrimony Vine; Duke of Argyll's Eta Tree 1 0
Lycium chinense Wolfberry; Chinese Boxthorn; Chinese Matrimony Vine; Chinese Wolfberry; Gou Qi (Chin.); Lyciet de Chine (Fr.); Chinesischer Bocksdorn (Ger.); Daun Koki (Indones.); Spina Santa Cinese (Ital.); Kuko (Jap.); Kaukichai (Malays.) 2 112, 739
Lycopersicon esculentum Tomato 6 1, 163
Lycopodium clavatum Antler Herb; Clubmoss 1 0
Lycopodium lucidulum Shining Clubmoss 1 91
Lycopus europeus European Bugle 2 37, 000
Lycopus virginicus Bugle 2 0
Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife 1 0
Maclura pomifera Osage-Orange; Hedge Apple 3 4, 760
Magnolia kobus Hsin-I; Xin-Yi 3 0
Magnolia officinalis Chinese Magnolia; Hou Pu; Magnolia-Bark 1 0
Malus domestica Apple 4 2, 054
Mandragora officinarum Mandrake 1 0
Mangifera indica Mango 1 700