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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
Lophatherum gracile Dan Zhu Ye 1 2, 490
Lophophora williamsii Peyote 1 0
Luffa aegyptiaca Luffa; Smooth Loofah; Vegetable Sponge 1 8, 400
Lupinus albus White Lupine 1 2, 200
Lycium barbarum Barbary Matrimony Vine; Ning Xia Gou Qi (Chin.); Matrimony Vine; Common Matrimony Vine; Duke of Argyll's Eta Tree 1 0
Lycium chinense Wolfberry; Chinese Boxthorn; Chinese Matrimony Vine; Chinese Wolfberry; Gou Qi (Chin.); Lyciet de Chine (Fr.); Chinesischer Bocksdorn (Ger.); Daun Koki (Indones.); Spina Santa Cinese (Ital.); Kuko (Jap.); Kaukichai (Malays.) 2 40, 909
Lycopersicon esculentum Tomato 7 10, 300
Lycopodium clavatum Antler Herb; Clubmoss 2 4, 680
Lycopus europeus European Bugle 1 0
Lycoris radiata Spider Lily 1 0
Lycoris squamigera Magic Lily; Resurrection Lily 1 0
Lygodium japonicum Climbing Fern 1 2, 270
Macadamia spp Macadamia 1 1, 190
Macleaya cordata Plume Poppy 1 0
Maclura pomifera Osage-Orange; Hedge Apple 1 10
Magnolia denudata Hsin-I; Xin-Yi 1 4, 240
Magnolia fargesii Hsin-I; Xin-Yi 1 4, 240
Magnolia kobus Hsin-I; Xin-Yi 2 4, 240
Magnolia obovata Ho-no-ki; Japanese Whitebark Magnolia 2 22, 600
Magnolia officinalis Chinese Magnolia; Hou Pu; Magnolia-Bark 4 104, 970