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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
METHYSTICIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MIMOSINE 20-50 mg/L Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
MORIN not available Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MYRCENE not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRISTICIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
N-BUTYL-4,5-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE not available Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
NARINGENIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NEOMENTHOL ED50=0.033 mg/ml Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
NEOPINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NEPETRIN not available Duke, 1992 *
NERAL not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 100 mg 2x/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NIGELLONE not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NORACRONYCIDINE 1 mg/L Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
NORNUCIFERINE not available Duke, 1992 *
NUCIFERINE not available Duke, 1992 *
NUPHARINE not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEUROPEIN not available Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
ONITIN not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Xylopia aethiopica Ethiopian Pepper; Guinea Pepper; Negro Pepper; Spice Tree; Mohrenpfeffer (Ger.); Maniguete (Sp.); Pimienta de Guinea (Sp.) 2 63, 700
Yucca baccata Spanish Bayonet; Yucca; Banana Yucca; Blue Yucca 4 3, 204
Zanthoxylum alatum Indian Prickly Ash; Wartara Oil Tree 6 90
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 5 40
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Pepperbark; Southern Prickly Ash; Hercules'-Club; West Indian Yellowwood 2 0
Zea mays Corn 27 38, 981.69999998808
Zingiber officinale Ginger 32 714, 149
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 6 94, 770
Zizyphus spina-christi Syrian Christ-Thorn 3 5, 671