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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
Fallopia japonica Japanese Knotweed; Giant Knotweed; Mexican Bamboo; Hu-Zhang 2 26, 800
Feijoa sellowiana Brazillian Guava; Guava Brazilera 1 1, 000
Ficus carica Fig; Figuier Commun (Fr.); Echte Feige (Ger.); Feigenbaum (Ger.); Fico (Ital.); Figueira (Port.); Higo (Sp.); Higuera Comun (Sp.) 9 94, 336
Firmiana simplex Chinese Parasol 1 4, 480
Foeniculum vulgare Fennel 6 19, 072
Forsythia suspensa Lian-Jiao; Lien-Chiao 2 2, 320
Fragaria spp Strawberry 3 1, 545
Frangula alnus Buckthorn 1 0
Frangula purshiana Cascara Sagrada; Cascara Buckthorn 2 3, 180
Fraxinus rhynchophylla Chinese Ash 1 2, 070
Fritillaria thunbergii Bei-Mu; Fritillary 1 740
Fucus vesiculosus Bladderwrack; Kelp 1 17, 340
Galega officinalis Goat's Rue; Galega 1 0
Gardenia jasminoides Gardenia; Shan-Chih-Tzu; Shan-Zhi-Zi; Zhi Zi; Jasmin; Cape Jasmine 2 13, 020
Gastrodia elata Tian Ma 1 590
Gaultheria fragrantissima Indian Wintergreen 1 0
Gaultheria procumbens Teaberry; Wintergreen; Checkerberry; Creeping Wintergreen; Mountain Tea; Wintergrun (Ger.) 1 0
Gelsemium sempervirens Yellow Jessamine 6 0
Genipa americana Genipap; Jagua 1 8, 800
Gentiana lutea Yellow Gentian; Gentian 2 5, 480