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Biological Activity Apertif

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
AMAROGENTIN not available Duke, 1992 *
CONVALLAMARIN not available Duke, 1992 *
IBOGAINE not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
QUASSIN not available Duke, 1992 *
QUININE not available Duke, 1992 *
STRYCHNINE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Ailanthus altissima Stinktree; Tree Of Heaven 1 0
Argyreia nervosa Silver Morning Glory; Wood Rose 1 0
Centaurium erythraea Centaury 1 0
Cinchona officinalis Lojabark; Quinine 1 0
Cinchona pubescens Quinine; Red Cinchona; Red Peruvian-Bark; Redbark 1 308, 260
Cinchona spp Quinine 1 40, 000
Convallaria majalis Lily-Of-The-Valley 1 0
Gentiana lutea Yellow Gentian; Gentian 1 6, 600
Picrasma excelsa Bitterwood; Jamaican Quassia 1 0
Picrasma quassioides Lignum Quassia; Nigaki; Shurni 1 1, 500
Quassia amara Bitterwood; Quassia 1 4, 000
Simaba cedron Cedron 1 0
Strychnos nux-vomica Nux-Vomica; Stychnine 1 85, 660
Tabernanthe iboga Iboga 1 0