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Biological Activity CNS-Stimulant

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
THEOBROMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
THEOPHYLLINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
VERBENALIN not available Duke, 1992 *
VOACANGINE not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
VOACRISTINE not available Duke, 1992 *
YOHIMBINE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Dictamnus albus Akgiritotu; Burning Bush; Dittany; Gas Plant; Gazelotu 1 0
Digitalis purpurea Purple Foxglove 1 0
Dionaea muscipula Venus' Fly Trap 1 2, 050
Diospyros virginiana American Persimmon 1 0
Dipsacus fullonum not available 1 0
Dracocephalum thymiflora Thyme-Flowered Moldavica 1 134
Duboisia myoporoides Corkwood Tree; Pituri 3 2, 124.010000000475
Echinacea angustifolia Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower 2 0
Echinacea pallida Echinacea; Pale-Flower Echinacea; Pale Purple-Coneflower 2 0
Echinacea purpurea Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower 1 0
Echinacea spp Coneflower; Echinacea 2 0
Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian Olive; Silver Berry 2 0
Elettaria cardamomum Cardamom 5 749, 160
Eleutherococcus senticosus Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin) 2 30, 610.499992370605
Elsholtzia blanda Bantaluki; Bantulsi 3 232
Elsholtzia cristata Furan Chemotype 2 9
Elsholtzia densa not available 2 0
Elsholtzia eriostachya 'Dwarf' Bush Mint 1 11
Elsholtzia nipponica Hsiang Ju 1 0
Elsholtzia pilosa Hairy Mint Shrub 1 1, 000