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Biological Activity Antivitiligic

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
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
IMPERATORIN not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 100 mg/kg/day/orl/man Martindale's 29th
XANTHOTOXIN 20 mg/man/day Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Vicia faba Broadbean; Faba Bean; Habas 1 36, 000
Vigna aconitifolia Mat Bean; Moth Bean 1 22, 764
Vigna angularis Adzuki Bean 1 12, 153
Vigna mungo Black Gram 1 0
Vigna radiata Green Gram; Mungbean 1 56, 310
Vigna unguiculata Cowpea; Black-eyed Pea; Crowder Pea; Southern Pea 1 137, 899
Vitellaria paradoxa Butterseed; Shea Nut; Shea-Butter-Tree; Sheatree; Shea 1 10, 575
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 1 5, 760
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 2 44
Zea mays Corn 2 6, 240
Zingiber officinale Ginger 1 4, 910