Skip to main content

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Biological Activity Antitussive

Select a Results View:

Download these results as:
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 Sort descending Dosage Reference
NARCEINE not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTINE not available Duke, 1992 *
NEVADENSIN not available Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
NOSCAPINE 15-30 mg/4-6x/day/orl/man Martindale's 29th
OCOTEINE 1 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
PAPAVERINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PECTIN not available Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODIN not available Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID not available Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
PROTOPINE not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
RORIFON not available Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
SAIKOSAPONIN not available Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
SCHISANDRIN not available Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88.
SHEGANSU-A not available Duke, 1992 *
SINOMENINE not available Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
SPECIOCILIATINE not available Duke, 1992 *
STEMONINE not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL not available Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
TERPINEOL not available Duke, 1992 *
THALICMINE 1 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
Download these results as:
List of Activity Plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column.
Plant Name Sort descending Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Crescentia alata Jicaro 1 0
Crocus sativus Saffron 2 265, 000
Crotalaria juncea Sunhemp 1 64, 100
Croton eluteria Cascarilla 1 0
Croton lechleri Sangre de Drago; Sangre de Grado; Sangre de Dragon; Dragons Blood 2 0
Cucurbita pepo Pumpkin 1 30, 000
Cucurbita spp Summer Squash 1 94, 935
Cuminum cyminum Cumin 4 1, 536
Cunila origanoides Mountain Dittany; Frost Flower; Frost Mint; Maryland Dittany; American Dittany; Stone Mint; Dittany 3 78, 204
Curcuma longa Turmeric; Indian Saffron 4 21, 810
Curcuma zedoaria Shoti; Zedoary 1 3, 840
Cuscuta europaea European dodder 1 0
Cuscuta reflexa Amarbel 2 0
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba Guar; Cluster-Bean; Siam-Bean 1 0
Cydonia oblonga Quince 2 4, 000
Cymbopogon citratus West Indian Lemongrass; Lemongrass 3 0
Cymbopogon nardus Ceylon Citronella; Citronella 1 168
Cynara cardunculus Artichoke 1 0
Cyperus rotundus Nutsedge 2 37, 200
Cyphomandra betacea Tamarillo; Tree Tomato 1 0