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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
Manihot esculenta Cassava; Tapioca; Yuca 1 4, 095
Marrubium vulgare Horehound; White Horehound 2 0
Matricaria recutita Annual Camomile; German Camomile; Wild Camomile 4 870
Medicago sativa Alfalfa; Lucerne 4 250
Melaleuca bracteata Bracteate Tea-Tree 1 0
Melaleuca viridiflora Broad-Leaf Tea-Tree; Niaouli 1 0
Melia azedarach Chinaberry 6 0
Melicoccus bijugatas Genip; Honey berry; Mamoncillo; Pitomba 1 1, 800
Melilotus indica Small-Flowered Melilot 1 0
Melilotus officinalis Yellow Sweetclover 1 0
Melissa officinalis Balm; Lemonbalm; Melissa; Bee Balm 5 196, 400
Mentha aquatica Water Mint 1 27, 000
Mentha arvensis var. piperascens Cornmint; Field Mint; Japanese Mint 3 84, 684
Mentha longifolia Biblical Mint 4 29, 000
Mentha pulegium European Pennyroyal 5 113, 040
Mentha sp Mint 1 0
Mentha spicata Spearmint; Hortela da Folha Miuda 7 203, 320
Mentha x piperita Peppermint 6 34, 515
Mentha x rotundifolia Applemint 2 35, 600
Menyanthes trifoliata Bogbean; Buckbean; Bog Myrtle; Marsh Clover; Marsh Trefoil; Water Trefoil 3 0