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Biological Activity CNS-Depressant

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
SINOMENINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SKIMMIANINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SYMPHYTOCYNOGLOSSINE not available Duke, 1992 *
TEMULENTIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
TIGLOIDINE not available Merck 11th Edition
TRANS-4-PROPENYLVERATROLE not available Spring, M.A. 1988. Ethnopharmacologic Analysis of Medicinal Plants Used by Laotian Hmong Refugees in Minnesota. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 26: 65-91, 1989.
TYLOPHORINE not available Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
VALEPOTRIATES 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.
VALERENIC-ACID 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.
VALERENONE 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.
VENENATINE not available Duke, 1992 *
VOACAMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
VOACORINE not available Duke, 1992 *
VOBASINE not available Duke, 1992 *
WITHASOMNINE not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
XANTHUMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
YANGONIN not available Duke, 1992 *
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 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.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Ipomoea purga Jalap 1 0
Iris x germanica Orris 1 0
Isatis tinctoria Dyer's Woad 1 4, 410
Jasminum officinale Jasmine; Poet's Jessamine 2 514
Jateorhiza palmata Calumba Root 3 20, 000
Jatropha gossypifolia Spanish Physic Nut 1 0
Juglans cinerea Butternut 1 2, 676
Juglans nigra Black Walnut 1 3, 035
Juglans regia English Walnut 3 1, 975
Juncus effusus Rush 1 920
Juniperus communis Common Juniper; Juniper 4 104
Juniperus virginiana Red Cedar 2 8, 800
Jussiaea repens Jussiaeae Herba; Pond Dragon 1 7, 180
Lablab purpureus Bonavist Bean; Hyacinth Bean; Lablab Bean 1 16, 515
Lactuca sativa Lettuce 4 8, 700
Lactuca scariola Prickly Lettuce 3 0
Lactuca virosa Bitter Lettuce 2 2, 000
Lagenaria siceraria Calabash Gourd; White-Flowered Gourd 1 4, 930
Lantana camara Lantana; Wild Sage 3 2, 974
Larrea tridentata Chaparral; Creosote Bush 1 3, 440