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Biological Activity Contraceptive

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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
ANDROGRAPHOLIDE (male) Duke, 1992 *
ARISTOLOCHIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
ARISTOLOCHIC-ACID-I not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTIN not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRANTIN not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER not available Martindale's 28th
CORONARIDINE not available Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
DELTONIN not available Duke, 1992 *
EMBELIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FERUJOL not available Duke, 1992 *
GARDENIC-ACID-B not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPACHOL not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
MELATONIN not available Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
METAXYLOHYDROQUINONE not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
PSORALEN not available Duke, 1992 *
SOLASODINE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Ananas comosus Pineapple 1 8.800000190734863
Andrographis paniculata Creat 1 0
Anemarrhena asphodeloides Chih-Mu; Zhi-Mu 1 18
Anethum graveolens Dill; Garden Dill 1 66
Angelica archangelica Garden Angelica; Angelica; Wild Parsnip 1 1, 650
Angelica dahurica Bai Zhi 2 10
Angelica laxiflora Tu Huo 1 9
Angelica sinensis Dang Gui; Dong Quai; Dang Quai; Dang Qui; Dong Gui; Chinese Angelica 1 30
Annona muricata Soursop 1 1.600000023841858
Anthriscus cerefolium Chervil 1 4.400000095367432
Apium graveolens Celery 2 32.150000005960464
Arachis hypogaea Groundnut; Peanut 1 22
Arctium lappa Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock 1 87
Ardisia japonica Marlberry 1 0
Areca catechu Betel Nut; Pin-Lang 1 30
Arisaema consanguineum Chinese Jack-In-The-Pulpit 1 7
Aristolochia debilis Chinese Birthwort 2 14
Aristolochia serpentaria Serpentaria; Virginia Snakeroot 1 0
Armoracia rusticana Horseradish 1 9
Artemisia capillaris Capillary Wormwood 1 8