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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN 30 mg/kg ivn dog Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
ABOBIOSIDE *
ACOKANTHERIN *
ACOVENOSIDE-A *
ADANSONIN *
ALPHA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE *
ANKORINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ARMEPAVINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ASCLEPOSIDE Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
ATISINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CALACTIN *
CALOTOXIN *
CALOTROPIN *
COLCHICINE 15 mg/kg scu rbt Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
DYSOXYLINE *
HOMOLAUDANOSINE *
HYPOXANTHINE-9-L-ARABINOFURANOSIDE *
LANCAMACRONE ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MARRUBIIN Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
SALSOLIDINE 1-3 mg/kg *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Leonurus cardiaca Motherwort 1 0
Lycopersicon esculentum Tomato 1 60
Marrubium vulgare Horehound; White Horehound 1 68, 200
Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot 1 0
Taxus baccata Common Yew 1 0
Teucrium chamaedrys Wall Germander 1 0
Teucrium marum Cat Thyme 1 0
Teucrium polium Golden Germander 1 0
Teucrium scorodonia Germander; Wood Germander 1 16
Urginea maritima European Squill 1 6, 000