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Biological Activity CNS-Depressant

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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
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
Althaea officinalis Marshmallow; White Mallow 3 10, 360
Amaranthus sp. Pigweed 1 6, 616
Ammi majus Bishop's Weed 2 3, 100
Amomum xanthioides Bastard Cardamom; Chin Kousha; Malabar Cardamom; Tavoy Cardamom 1 14, 160
Amorphophallus campanulatus Elephant-Foot Yam 1 3, 120
Amorphophallus konjac Devil's Tongue; Konjac; Leopard Palm; Umbrella Arum; Elephant Yam; Snake Palm 1 0
Amphicarpaea bracteata Hog Peanut 1 4, 100
Anabasis aphylla Anabasis 2 0
Anacardium occidentale Cashew 1 2, 650
Ananas comosus Pineapple 4 1, 195
Anemarrhena asphodeloides Chih-Mu; Zhi-Mu 1 2, 400
Anemopsis californica Hierba Mansa; Yerba Mansa 1 0
Anethum graveolens Dill; Garden Dill 8 27, 736
Angelica archangelica Garden Angelica; Angelica; Wild Parsnip 5 393, 330
Angelica dahurica Bai Zhi 2 3.6700000762939453
Angelica laxiflora Tu Huo 1 1, 950
Angelica sinensis Dang Gui; Dong Quai; Dang Quai; Dang Qui; Dong Gui; Chinese Angelica 4 15, 900
Anisochilus carnosus Panjiri-ka Pat 1 0
Anisodus tanguticus Zang Qie 3 0
Annona cherimola Cherimoya 1 2, 045