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Biological Activity Astringent

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
Vigna unguiculata Cowpea; Black-eyed Pea; Crowder Pea; Southern Pea 2 690.1890000049025
Viscum album European Mistletoe 1 86
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 6 816.6159999966621
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Yellowroot 2 13, 000
Xanthosoma sagittifolium Malanga; Tannia; Yautia 1 57
Yucca baccata Spanish Bayonet; Yucca; Banana Yucca; Blue Yucca 1 5.599999904632568
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
Zea mays Corn 3 20.054999999701977
Zingiber officinale Ginger 1 57
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 1 63