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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 Sort descending 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 *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Sort descending Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Asparagus Pea; Goa Bean; Winged Bean 1 99
Psoralea corylifolia Babchi; Black Dot; Malaya Tea 1 44, 910
Pueraria pseudohirsuta Chinese Kudzu 1 13
Pulsatilla chinensis Chinese Anemone 1 9
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 2 16
Pyrus communis Pear 1 11.100000381469727
Quercus alba White Oak 1 15.199999809265137
Quercus phellos Willow Oak 1 29
Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak 1 20.199999809265137
Quercus stellata Post Oak 1 42
Quercus velutina Black Oak 1 31
Quisqualis indica Rangoon Creeper 1 13
Raphanus sativus Radish 1 14
Rehmannia glutinosa Chinese Foxglove 1 4
Rheum palmatum Chinese Rhubarb 1 10
Rheum rhabarbarum Rhubarb 1 5.199999809265137
Rhizophora mangle Red Mangrove 1 35
Rhus copallina Dwarf Sumac; Winged Sumac 1 98
Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac 1 20
Ribes nigrum Black Currant 1 7