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Biological Activity Convulsant

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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
LAUDANINE not available Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANOSINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
LOLIINE not available Duke, 1992 *
LOPHOPHORINE 12 mg/kg rbt UNESCO. 1960. Medicinal Plants of the Arid Zones. eds.(botany) I.C. Chopra, B.K. Abrol and K.L. Hands; eds (pharmacology), R. Paris and G. Dillemann UNESCO, Place de Fontenoy, Paris 7E. 96 pp.
LYONIOL-A not available Duke, 1992 *
MACUSINE-B 50 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
MATRINE not available Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL not available R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
MESEMBRINE not available Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE 160 mg/kg scu rat Duke, 1992 *
N,N-DIETHYLAMINO-ETHYLAMINOCANTHIN-6-ONE 1,000 Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
NANDININE not available Duke, 1992 *
NANTENINE not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOANISATIN not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOMAJUCIN not available Duke, 1992 *
NORFLUOROCURARINE not available Duke, 1992 *
NORMACUSINE-B not available Duke, 1992 *
OCHROPAMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
OCHROPINE not available Duke, 1992 *
OENANTHOTOXIN not available Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Sort descending Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Annona muricata Soursop 1 0
Annona reticulata Custard Apple 1 0
Annona squamosa Sugar-Apple; Sweetsop 2 0
Aralia cordata Udo 1 0
Arbutus unedo Arbutus; Strawberry Tree 1 0
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry; Uva Ursi 1 10, 000
Areca catechu Betel Nut; Pin-Lang 1 0
Argemone mexicana Prickly Poppy 2 840
Argyreia nervosa Silver Morning Glory; Wood Rose 1 0
Artemisia absinthium Wormwood 1 0
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 4 123, 400
Artemisia capillaris Capillary Wormwood 1 0
Artemisia cina Levant Wormseed 1 24, 000
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 4 81, 800
Artemisia herba-alba Desert Wormwood 2 773
Artemisia salsoloides not available 2 296, 500
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 2 0
Banisteriopsis caapi Ayahuasca; Caapi; Yage; Soul Vine; Spirit Vine 1 0
Berberis vulgaris Barberry 1 0
Bocconia arborea Tree Poppy 1 0