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Biological Activity Cardiotonic

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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
PSEUDOEPHEDRINE not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN not available Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SCILLAREN not available Merck 11th Edition
SCILLARENIN not available Merck 11th Edition
SCILLARIN not available Duke, 1992 *
SOLANINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SOLASONINE not available Duke, 1992 *
STACHYDRINE not available Duke, 1992 *
STROPHANTHIN 125-500 ug/man/day Martindale's 28th
STROPHANTHIN-K 125-500 ug/man/day/ivn Duke, 1992 *
TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE not available Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE not available Merck 11th Edition
THEVETIN not available Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
THEVETOXIN not available Duke, 1992 *
TRACHELOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
TULIPINE not available Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
TUSSILAGONE not available Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
VOACAMINE not available Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Areca catechu Betel Nut; Pin-Lang 1 0
Argemone mexicana Prickly Poppy 2 410
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 2 0
Artemisia capillaris Capillary Wormwood 1 0
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 1 0
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 3 0
Artocarpus heterophyllus Jackfruit 1 0
Asiasarum heterotropoides Asian Wild Ginger 1 0
Aspalathus linearis Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea 2 720, 000
Asparagus officinalis Asparagus 1 0
Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco Quebracho 1 0
Astragalus membranaceus Huang-Chi; Huang Qi 1 0
Atropa bella-donna Belladonna 1 8, 712
Avena sativa Oats 1 0
Azadirachta indica Neem 1 0
Baptisia tinctoria Wild Indigo 1 0
Belamcanda chinensis Leopard Lily; Blackberry Lily; Shenan; Iris Tigre (Fr.); Leopardenblume (Ger.); Maravilla (Sp.); Mariposa (Sp.) 1 0
Berberis vulgaris Barberry 2 253, 300
Betula sp. not available 1 0
Bocconia frutescens Tree Poppy 1 0