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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
Teucrium gnaphalodes Iberian Germander 1 0.5
Teucrium kotschyanum Stavros Kotschy's Germander 1 360
Teucrium micropodioides Small 'Cyprus' Germander 1 32
Teucrium montanum Mountain Germander 1 0
Teucrium polium Iberian Golden Germander; Golden Germander 2 4
Teucrium scordium Water Germander 1 0
Teucrium scorodonia Germander; Wood Germander 2 40, 000
Theobroma cacao Cacao 2 0
Thespesia populnea Indian tulip tree 1 0
Thevetia peruviana Peruvian Yellow Oleander; Luckynut; Yellow Oleander; Oleandre Jaune (Fr.); Thevetie (Ger.); Loandro-Amarelo (Port.); Adelfa Amarilla (Sp.); Cabalonga (Sp.); Chirca (Sp.) 2 0
Thuja occidentalis Arbor-Vitae; Northern White-Cedar 2 0
Thymus broussonettii Moroccan Thyme 1 5, 330
Thymus capitatus 'Sicilian' Thyme; Spanish Origanum; Spanish Thyme 2 42, 216
Thymus cilicicus 'Anatolian' Thyme 2 0.30000000447034836
Thymus funkii Funk's Thyme 2 14
Thymus longicaulis Kekik; Tas Kekik 1 48
Thymus orospedanus Orosped Thyme 1 2, 730
Thymus riatarum 'Moroccan' Thyme 1 2, 675
Thymus saturejoides Moroccan Savory Thyme 1 20
Thymus serpyllum Creeping Thyme 3 39, 705