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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
SINOMENINE *
SKIMMIANINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SYMPHYTOCYNOGLOSSINE *
TEMULENTIC-ACID *
TIGLOIDINE Merck 11th Edition
TRANS-4-PROPENYLVERATROLE Spring, M.A. 1988. Ethnopharmacologic Analysis of Medicinal Plants Used by Laotian Hmong Refugees in Minnesota. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 26: 65-91, 1989.
TYLOPHORINE *
URSOLIC-ACID *
VALEPOTRIATES 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.
VALERENIC-ACID 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.
VALERENONE 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.
VENENATINE *
VOACAMINE *
VOACORINE *
VOBASINE *
WITHASOMNINE List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
XANTHUMINE *
YANGONIN *
YOHIMBINE 8 mg/kg ivn 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.
YOHIMBINE 5 mg/kg scu rat 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.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Abelmoschus esculentus Okra 2 6, 000
Abelmoschus manihot Manioc Hibiscus 1 4, 862
Acacia catechu Black Cutch; Catechu 2 0
Acacia farnesiana Cassie; Huisache; Sweet Acacia; Opopanax; Popinac 2 0
Acacia nilotica Babul 2 0
Acacia senegal Gum Arabic; Gum Arabic Tree; Kher; Senegal Gum; Sudan Gum Arabic 2 0
Acanthopanax gracilistylis Wu Chia Pi 1 2, 840
Achillea millefolium Yarrow; Milfoil 7 12, 150
Achyranthes bidentata Chaff Flower 1 5, 730
Acinos suaveolens 4 3, 819.6000480651855
Aconitum carmichaelii Aconite; Fu-Tsu 1 980
Acorus calamus Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot 9 332, 400
Actaea dahurica Sheng ma; Xing an sheng ma 1 2, 900
Actaea racemosa Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot 1 3, 480
Actinidia chinensis Kiwi 1 1, 770
Adonis vernalis Spring Adonis 1 0
Aegle marmelos Bael de India; Bael fruit 1 0
Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut 3 0
Aframomum melegueta Alligator Pepper; Grains-of-Paradise; Guinea Grains; Melegueta Pepper; Malagettapfeffer (Ger.); Malagueta (Sp.) 2 9, 000
Agastache pallidiflora 1 0