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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
Scrophularia buergeriana Hsuan-Shen; Yuan-Shen 1 12
Scutellaria baicalensis Chinese Skullcap; Huang Qin; Baikal Skullcap 2 75
Scutellaria lateriflora Mad-Dog Skullcap; Scullcap 1 0.18000000715255737
Secale cereale Rye 1 5
Sechium edule Chayote 1 10
Senna obtusifolia Sicklepod 1 32
Senna occidentalis Coffee Senna 1 15
Sesamum indicum Sesame; Benneseed; Beni; Ajonjoli (Sp.); Sesamo (Sp.) 1 280
Siegesbeckia orientalis Hsi Chien; Saint Paul'Swort 1 20
Simmondsia chinensis Jojoba 1 10
Sinapis alba White Mustard 1 8
Sinomenium acutum Ching-Feng-Teng 1 16
Solanum dulcamara Bitter Nightshade; Bittersweet 1 0
Solanum mammosum Love Apple; Susumber 1 0
Solanum melongena Aubergine; Eggplant 2 40
Solanum nigrum Black Nightshade 1 9, 700
Solanum torvum Susumba; Wild Eggplant 1 0
Solanum tuberosum Potato 2 14
Sophora angustifolia Narrowleaf Sophora 1 10
Sophora subprostrata Shan Dou Gen 1 5