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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
PAIPUNINE not available Duke, 1992 *
PELLOTINE not available 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.
PHYTOLACCATOXIN not available Duke, 1992 *
PINENE 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.
PINOCAMPHONE >0.05 mg/kg ipr rat Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPINE not available Duke, 1992 *
RETICULINE not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
RICIN 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.
RICININE not available Merck 11th Edition
ROTENONE not available Duke, 1992 *
SCHELHAMMERIDINE not available 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.
STRYCHNINE not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE not available Merck 11th Edition
THUJONE 40 mg/kg 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.
TUTIN not available Merck 11th Edition
VERANISATIN-A 3 mg/kg orl mus Duke, 1992 *
VERANISATIN-B 3 mg/kg orl mus Duke, 1992 *
VERANISATIN-C 3 mg/kg orl mus 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
Satureja hortensis Summer Savory 3 180
Satureja montana Winter Savory; Savory 2 450
Satureja obovata Iberian Savory; Savory 1 23, 980
Satureja odora Scented Pampa Savory 2 160
Satureja parvifolia Small-Leaf Pampa Savory 2 1, 065
Satureja subspicata Yugoslav Savory 1 5
Serenoa repens Saw Palmetto; Scrub-Palmetto 1 440
Sideritis athoa Kedi Kuyrugu Cayi 2 8.5
Sideritis germanicolpitana not available 1 15
Sideritis mugronensis not available 1 1, 530
Sideritis pauli El Molinillo Sideritis 2 68
Sideritis scardica Balkan Sideritis 3 465
Sophora angustifolia Narrowleaf Sophora 1 0
Sophora japonica Japanese Pagoda Tree 1 0
Sophora pachycarpa Siberian Pachycarpa 1 0
Sophora subprostrata Shan Dou Gen 1 0
Stachys germanica Downy Woundwort 1 48
Stevia rebaudiana Ca-A-E; Sweet Leaf of Paraguay; Stevia 2 153
Strychnos nux-vomica Nux-Vomica; Stychnine 2 236, 500
Tagetes erecta Marigold; Aztec Marigold 1 86