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Biological Activity CNS-Depressant

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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
(+)-ISOLARICIRESINOL not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-NORTRACHELOGENIN not available Duke, 1992 *
1-ETHYL-BETA-CARBOLINE not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYLBUT-3-ENE-2-OL not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIMETHOXYTOLUENE not available Duke, 1992 *
6-SHOGAOL not available HerbalGram No. 17.
9-METHOXYELLIPTICINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE not available Martindale's 29th
ACORIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
ACRONYCIDINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AFFININE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AFFINISINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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').
AJMALICINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICIN ED=20-80 Duke, 1992 *
ANISODINE not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN not available Duke, 1992 *
APO-BETA-ERYTHROIDINE not available Duke, 1992 *
APOMORPHINE Antidote=Naloxone Martindale's 29th
ARECOLINE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Vigna mungo Black Gram 1 2, 076
Vigna radiata Green Gram; Mungbean 1 9, 526
Vigna unguiculata Cowpea; Black-eyed Pea; Crowder Pea; Southern Pea 1 111, 385
Vinca minor Periwinkle; Running-Myrtle 3 100, 800
Viola odorata Common Violet; Sweet Violet 2 714
Viscum album European Mistletoe 1 3, 110
Vitex agnus-castus Chaste-Tree 1 0.5
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 5 2, 237, 360
Withania somnifera Ashwagandha 2 0
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Yellowroot 2 0
Xanthosoma sagittifolium Malanga; Tannia; Yautia 1 15, 810
Yucca baccata Spanish Bayonet; Yucca; Banana Yucca; Blue Yucca 1 2, 040
Zanthoxylum alatum Indian Prickly Ash; Wartara Oil Tree 1 0
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 2 0
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Pepperbark; Southern Prickly Ash; Hercules'-Club; West Indian Yellowwood 1 0
Zea mays Corn 6 3, 390
Zingiber officinale Ginger 6 35, 760
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 3 1, 860