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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
Origanum vulgare Istanbul Kekigi; Turkish Oregano 3 5, 644
Oryza sativa Rice 1 0
Pachyrhizus erosus Yambean 1 10, 000
Panax ginseng Chinese Ginseng; Oriental Ginseng; Ginseng; Korean Ginseng 1 0
Panax quinquefolius American Ginseng; Ginseng 1 0
Papaver bracteatum Great Scarlet Poppy 3 16, 806
Papaver somniferum Opium Poppy; Poppyseed Poppy 6 1, 323, 790
Passiflora edulis Maracuya; Passionfruit 1 14, 002
Passiflora incarnata Manzana de Mayo; Mayapple; Passionflower 3 930
Paullinia cupana Guarana 1 0
Pausinystalia johimbe Yohimbe 1 0
Peganum harmala Harmel; Syrian Rue 3 0
Pelargonium graveolens Rose Geranium; Scented Geranium 1 3, 704
Persea americana Avocado 2 0
Peumus boldus Boldo 4 41, 150
Phellodendron amurense Huang Po; Po Mu; Amur Cork Tree; Huang Bai 1 0
Physalis peruviana Cape Gooseberry; Ground Cherry 1 0
Phytolacca americana Pokeweed 1 0
Pimenta dioica Allspice; Jamaica-Pepper; Pimenta; Clover-Pepper; Pimento 1 965
Pimenta racemosa Bayrum Tree; West Indian Bay 3 1, 872