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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 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.
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.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Agastache rugosa 4 0
Agathosma betulina Buchu; Honey Buchu; Mountain Buchu 4 108, 630
Ageratum conyzoides Mexican ageratum 1 800
Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony; Sticklewort 3 12, 000
Ailanthus altissima Stinktree; Tree Of Heaven 1 0
Akebia quinata Chocolate Vine 1 840
Albizia julibrissin Mimosa 1 1, 090
Alchornea floribunda Niando 1 0
Alisma plantago-aquatica Mud Plantain; Tse-Hsieh; Water Plantain; Ze-Xie 2 6, 960
Allium ampeloprasum Elephant Garlic; Kurrat 1 0
Allium cepa Onion; Shallot 2 2, 460
Allium sativum var. sativum Garlic 3 3, 113
Allium schoenoprasum Chives 1 6, 875
Alnus glutinosa Black Alder 1 0
Alocasia macrorrhiza Giant Taro 1 1, 750
Aloe spp. Aloe 1 930
Aloe vera Bitter Aloes; Aloe 2 1, 860
Aloysia citrodora Lemon Verbena 3 35
Alpinia galanga Greater Galangal; Siamese Ginger; Languas 3 36, 000
Alpinia officinarum Lesser Galangal; Chinese Ginger 2 800