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Biological Activity Carcinogenic

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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 Sort descending Dosage Reference
CLIVORINE not available De Smet, P.A.G.M., Keller, K., Hansel, R. and Chandler, R.F., eds. 1993. Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs 2. Springr-Verlag, Berlin. 348pp.
COLCHICINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COUMARIN 200 mg/kg orl mus Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
CYCASIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DIETHYL-AMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ESTRADIOL (Breast) Duke, 1992 *
ESTRADIOL (Endometrium) Duke, 1992 *
ESTRAGOLE 4.4 uM/15 mos. scu mus Duke, 1992 *
ESTRONE not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
HELIOTRINE not available De Smet, P.A.G.M., Keller, K., Hansel, R. and Chandler, R.F., eds. 1993. Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs 2. Springr-Verlag, Berlin. 348pp.
HYDROQUINONE not available Duke, 1992 *
INDICAN not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE not available Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
INDOLE-3-CARBINOL not available Duke, 1992 *
ISATIDINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOSAFROLE not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KAEMPFEROL not available Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
LASIOCARPINE not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID not available Science News, 146: 421.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Sort descending Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Prunus persica Peach 6 19, 727
Prunus serotina Black Cherry; Wild Cherry 5 0
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn; Sloe 4 0
Psidium cattleianum Strawberry Guava 4 9, 670
Psidium guajava Guava 6 427, 708
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Asparagus Pea; Goa Bean; Winged Bean 2 225, 870
Psoralea corylifolia Babchi; Black Dot; Malaya Tea 1 0
Psoralea esculenta Indian Bread-Root; Prairie Apple; Prairie Potato; Indian Turnip; Breadroot; Prairie Turnip 1 3, 798
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken; Bracken Fern 7 0
Pterocarpus marsupium Indian Kino; Malabar Kino; bijasal 4 0
Pterocarpus santalinus Red Saunders 1 0
Ptychopetalum olacoides Muira Puama 1 0
Pueraria montana Kudzu; Kudsu 2 0
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 11 8, 701, 736
Pycnanthemum albescens White Mountain Mint 1 270
Pycnanthemum beadlei Beadle's Mountain Mint 1 28
Pycnanthemum californicum California Mountain Mint 1 576
Pycnanthemum clinopodioides Clinopod Mountain Mint 2 176
Pycnanthemum incanum Hoary Mountain Mint 1 76
Pycnanthemum loomisii Loomis' Mountain Mint 1 26, 040