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Biological Activity Antispasmodic

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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
VITAMIN-B3 100 mg 2x/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
VITAMIN-E 300 mg/man/day Martindale's 28th
XANTHOGALIN not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOXIN not available Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
XANTHOXYLINE IC50=54 uM Duke, 1992 *
YANGONIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Z-LIGUSTILIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
Z-N-BUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
ZERUMBONE not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Dictamnus hispanicus not available 1 0
Digitalis lanata Grecian Foxglove 1 0
Digitalis purpurea Purple Foxglove 5 0
Dioclea glycinoides not available 1 15
Dioscorea alata Greater Yam; Winged Yam 5 31, 968
Dioscorea bulbifera Air Potato; Potato Yam 2 7, 880
Dioscorea pentaphylla Mountain Yam 4 26, 311
Dioscorea sp. Wild Yam 4 7, 244
Dioscorea villosa Wild Yam 4 7, 669
Diospyros digyna Black Sapote; Sapote Negro 2 18, 680
Diospyros virginiana American Persimmon 7 53, 165
Dipogon lignosus not available 1 0
Dipsacus fullonum not available 2 27, 400
Dipteryx odorata Tonka Bean; Dutch Tonka Bean 2 200
Dodonaea viscosa Hopwood 5 0
Dolichos biflorus not available 1 0
Dracocephalum parviflora Small-Flowered Moldavica 2 210
Dracocephalum thymiflora Thyme-Flowered Moldavica 7 446
Drimys winteri Winter's Bark 6 0
Drynaria fortunei Fortune's Fern 2 21, 040