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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
Rheum palmatum Chinese Rhubarb 21 21, 918.5
Rheum rhabarbarum Rhubarb 15 34, 583
Rhizophora mangle Red Mangrove 4 124, 743
Rhododendron dauricum Chinese Alpenrose 8 0
Rhododendron ferrugineum Rusty-Leaved Alpenrose 2 0
Rhododendron molle Yellow Azalea 1 0
Rhododendron ponticum Pontic Alpenrose 4 0
Rhodymenia palmata Dulse 2 279
Rhus copallina Dwarf Sumac; Winged Sumac 1 448
Rhus coriaria Sicilian Sumac; Sumac; Tanner's Sumac 4 0
Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac 2 214
Rhus toxicodendron Poison Ivy 2 0
Rhynchosia minima Burn Mouth Vine 2 0
Ribes nigrum Black Currant 30 186, 716
Ribes rubrum Red Currant; White Currant 9 61, 232
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry 10 22, 905
Ricinus communis Castorbean 5 0
Robinia pseudoacacia Black Locust 6 0
Rollinia mucosa Biriba; Lancewood 1 5, 800
Rosa canina Rose; Dogbrier; Dog Rose 11 357, 939