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Biological Activity Antispermigenic

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
ANDROGRAPHOLIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERASTINE not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE not available Duke, 1992 *
EMBELIN not available Pei-Gen, X., and Nai-Gong, W. Can ethnopharmacology contribute to the development of anti-fertility drugs? Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 32: 167-177, 1991.
PROTOPINE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Mahonia fortunei not available 1 0
Mahonia gracilipes not available 1 0
Mahonia japonica Japanese Ashberry; Hiiragi-Nanten 1 0
Mahonia nervosa Oregon Barberry; Oregon Grape-Holly; Oregon Grape; Water Holly 1 0
Mahonia philipinensis not available 1 0
Mahonia repens Creeping Barberry; Oregon Barberry; Oregon Grape-Holly; Oregon Grape 1 5, 668
Mahonia siamensis not available 1 2, 000
Menispermum canadense Moonseed 1 0
Nandina domestica Heavenly Bamboo; Sacred Bamboo; Southern Heaven Bamboo; Nanten (Jap.) 2 0
Papaver bracteatum Great Scarlet Poppy 1 0
Papaver somniferum Opium Poppy; Poppyseed Poppy 2 0
Phellodendron amurense Huang Po; Po Mu; Amur Cork Tree; Huang Bai 1 40, 000
Podophyllum hexandrum Himalayan Mayapple 1 0
Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple 1 0
Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot 2 0
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Yellowroot 2 13, 000
Zanthoxylum alatum Indian Prickly Ash; Wartara Oil Tree 1 0
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 1 0
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Pepperbark; Southern Prickly Ash; Hercules'-Club; West Indian Yellowwood 1 0