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Biological Activity Antiprostaglandin

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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
Viscum album European Mistletoe 2 0
Vitellaria paradoxa Butterseed; Shea Nut; Shea-Butter-Tree; Sheatree; Shea 2 4, 000
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 8 725, 764.8000011444
Withania somnifera Ashwagandha 2 200
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 2 0
Zea mays Corn 7 4, 425.699999988079
Zingiber officinale Ginger 12 9, 375
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 1 0
Zizyphus spina-christi Syrian Christ-Thorn 1 0