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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
Drynaria fortunei Fortune's Fern 1 10
Elaeagnus umbellatus Russian Olive 1 13
Elettaria cardamomum Cardamom 1 15.399999618530273
Eleutherococcus senticosus Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin) 1 0
Ephedra spp Ma-Huang 1 2
Equisetum hyemale Horsetail; Scouring Rush 1 8
Eriobotrya japonica Loquat 1 7
Eriocaulon sp Oriental Pipewort 1 9
Erythroxylum coca Coca 1 13
Erythroxylum novogranatense Coca 1 5.6000001430511475
Eucommia ulmoides Tu Chung; Du Zhong; Gutta-Percha Tree 1 15
Euodia rutaecarpa Wou Chou Yu 1 16
Eupatorium odoratum Jack na bush 1 35
Fallopia japonica Japanese Knotweed; Giant Knotweed; Mexican Bamboo; Hu-Zhang 1 40
Ficus carica Fig; Figuier Commun (Fr.); Echte Feige (Ger.); Feigenbaum (Ger.); Fico (Ital.); Figueira (Port.); Higo (Sp.); Higuera Comun (Sp.) 2 80, 748.79999923706
Firmiana simplex Chinese Parasol 1 15
Foeniculum vulgare Fennel 2 50
Forsythia suspensa Lian-Jiao; Lien-Chiao 1 38
Fragaria spp Strawberry 1 17
Fraxinus rhynchophylla Chinese Ash 1 6