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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
VOACANGINE 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.
VOACANGIRINE not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
VOACORINE not available Duke, 1992 *
VULGARIN not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHONES not available Duke, 1992 *
YAKUCHINONE-A not available Duke, 1992 *
YOHIMBINE not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ZINGERONE not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 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