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Biological Activity Antiseptic

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
USHINSUNINE not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
VERBASCOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
WARANGALONE 12-13 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
WARANGALONE 25 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
WITHAFERIN-A not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
WITHANOLIDE-D not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
XANTHATIN not available Merck 11th Edition
XANTHONES not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 50 mg/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Dodonaea viscosa Hopwood 3 0
Dracocephalum thymiflora Thyme-Flowered Moldavica 7 232
Drimys winteri Winter's Bark 3 0
Drynaria fortunei Fortune's Fern 1 17
Dryopteris filix-mas Male Fern 3 0
Duboisia myoporoides Corkwood Tree; Pituri 1 0
Duchesnea indica False Strawberry; Indian Strawberry; Mock Strawberry 2 939
Durio zibethinus Durian 1 2, 540
Echinacea angustifolia Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower 3 0
Echinacea pallida Echinacea; Pale-Flower Echinacea; Pale Purple-Coneflower 3 0
Echinacea purpurea Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower 3 5, 073.299999713898
Echinacea spp Coneflower; Echinacea 10 11, 942.199999809265
Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian Olive; Silver Berry 8 6, 280
Elaeagnus commutata Silver Berry 1 1, 450
Elaeagnus pungens Thorny Silver Berry 2 0
Elaeagnus umbellatus Russian Olive 2 134
Elaeis guineensis African Oil Palm 3 326
Eleocharis dulcis Water chestnut 1 634
Elettaria cardamomum Cardamom 20 2, 271, 859
Eleutherococcus senticosus Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin) 10 33, 051.49999141693