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Biological Activity Astringent

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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
AGARIC-ACID not available Hobbs, C. 1996. 3rd Ed. (1st Ed. 1986). Medicinal Mushrooms. Botanical Press, Santa Cruz. 251 pp. (With a useful tabular summary of 'all medicinal mushrooms species').
ALKANNIN not available Merck 11th Edition
ANTIRRHINOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALEIN not available Merck 11th Edition
BERBERASTINE not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE not available Duke, 1992 *
BORRECAPINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BORRELINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CATECHIN not available Merck 11th Edition
CONDURANGIN not available Merck 11th Edition
CORNINE not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
ELLAGIC-ACID not available Martindale's 29th
FORMIC-ACID not available Merck 11th Edition
GALLIC-ACID 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.
HYDROQUINONE not available Duke, 1992 *
INDIGOTIN not available Duke, 1992 *
QUININE not available Duke, 1992 *
SILVER not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIC-ACID 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.
ZINC not available Martindale's 28th
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Dendrobium nobile Noble Dendrobium 1 26
Digitalis purpurea Purple Foxglove 2 0
Dioscorea alata Greater Yam; Winged Yam 1 34
Dioscorea bulbifera Air Potato; Potato Yam 1 24
Dioscorea sp. Wild Yam 1 56
Dioscorea villosa Wild Yam 1 5.599999904632568
Diospyros virginiana American Persimmon 1 187
Drimys winteri Winter's Bark 1 0
Drynaria fortunei Fortune's Fern 1 17
Duchesnea indica False Strawberry; Indian Strawberry; Mock Strawberry 1 939
Echinacea purpurea Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower 1 15.299999713897705
Echinacea spp Coneflower; Echinacea 1 10.199999809265137
Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian Olive; Silver Berry 2 0
Elaeagnus umbellatus Russian Olive 1 20
Elettaria cardamomum Cardamom 1 28
Eleutherococcus senticosus Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin) 1 20.999999046325684
Elytrigia repens Couchgrass; Doggrass; Quackgrass; Wheatgrass; Twitchgrass 1 0
Ephedra gerardiana Pakistani Ephedra 2 0
Ephedra sinica Ma Huang; Chinese Ephedra 3 4.199999809265137
Ephedra spp Ma-Huang 1 8