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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
ASARONE not available Duke, 1992 *
ATROPINE not available Martindale's 28th
AURASPERONE-D not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AURICULOSIDE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BACCOSIDES not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
BENZYL-BENZOATE 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.
BERGAPTEN not available Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
BETA-ERYTHROIDINE not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-D-GLUCOSIDE not available Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
BRAHMINOSIDE not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
BRAHMOSIDE not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
BUTYL-ALCOHOL not available Martindale's 29th
CARPAINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CHAKSINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN not available Duke, 1992 *
CINCHOPHYLLAMINE not available Wealth of India.
CINCHOPHYLLINE not available Wealth of India.
CINNAMALDEHYDE not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
COIXENOLIDE not available Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
COLUMBAMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Rheum palmatum Chinese Rhubarb 8 3, 258.5
Rheum rhabarbarum Rhubarb 2 1, 975
Rhizophora mangle Red Mangrove 1 8, 800
Rhododendron dauricum Chinese Alpenrose 3 0
Rhododendron ferrugineum Rusty-Leaved Alpenrose 1 0
Rhododendron ponticum Pontic Alpenrose 1 0
Rhodymenia palmata Dulse 1 5, 930
Rhus copallina Dwarf Sumac; Winged Sumac 1 27, 740
Rhus coriaria Sicilian Sumac; Sumac; Tanner's Sumac 1 0
Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac 1 4, 690
Ribes nigrum Black Currant 6 1, 727
Ribes rubrum Red Currant; White Currant 1 1, 870
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry 1 938
Ricinus communis Castorbean 1 0
Rosa canina Rose; Dogbrier; Dog Rose 2 4, 320
Rosa centifolia Cabbage Rose 2 0
Rosa damascena Damask Rose 4 0
Rosa gallica French Rose 2 4
Rosa laevigata Cherokee Rose 1 2, 830
Rosa multiflora Multiflora Rose 2 0