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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Biological Activity Contraceptive

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
ANDROGRAPHOLIDE (male) *
ARISTOLOCHIC-ACID *
ARISTOLOCHIC-ACID-I *
BUTIN *
CITRANTIN *
COPPER Martindale's 28th
CORONARIDINE Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
DELTONIN *
EMBELIN Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FERUJOL *
GARDENIC-ACID-B *
LAPACHOL Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
MELATONIN Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
METAXYLOHYDROQUINONE =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 *
SOLASODINE *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Xanthosoma sagittifolium Malanga; Tannia; Yautia 1 42
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 1 15
Zea mays Corn 2 20.001000000047497
Zingiber officinale Ginger 2 32.0010000000475
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 1 21