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Biological Activity Curaroid

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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
AFROCURARINE 5% tubocurarine Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
CHONDROCURINE not available Merck 11th Edition
CONSOLICINE not available De Smet, P.A.G.M., Keller, K., Hansel, R. and Chandler, R.F., eds. 1993. Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs 2. Springr-Verlag, Berlin. 348pp.
CONSOLIDINE not available De Smet, P.A.G.M., Keller, K., Hansel, R. and Chandler, R.F., eds. 1993. Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs 2. Springr-Verlag, Berlin. 348pp.
FLUOROCURARINE not available Duke, 1992 *
FLUOROCURINE not available Duke, 1992 *
LAUROTETANINE not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
LEONURINE not available Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
MAGNOFLORINE <1% tubocurarine Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
MAVACURINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SPARTEINE not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
SPARTEINE-SULFATE not available Martindale's 29th
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Mahonia aquifolium Oregon Grape; Blue Barberry; Holly Barberry; Holly Mahonia; Mountain Grape 1 8, 000
Mahonia japonica Japanese Ashberry; Hiiragi-Nanten 1 0
Mahonia repens Creeping Barberry; Oregon Barberry; Oregon Grape-Holly; Oregon Grape 1 0
Menispermum canadense Moonseed 1 0
Nandina domestica Heavenly Bamboo; Sacred Bamboo; Southern Heaven Bamboo; Nanten (Jap.) 1 0
Papaver somniferum Opium Poppy; Poppyseed Poppy 1 0
Peumus boldus Boldo 2 0
Phellodendron amurense Huang Po; Po Mu; Amur Cork Tree; Huang Bai 1 0
Sinomenium acutum Ching-Feng-Teng 1 0
Sophora secundiflora Mescal Bean 1 0
Spartium junceum Genet; Spanish Broom; Weaver's Broom 1 0
Stephania glabra Indian Tape-Vine 1 0
Symphytum officinale Comfrey 2 17
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Yellowroot 1 0
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 1 0
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Pepperbark; Southern Prickly Ash; Hercules'-Club; West Indian Yellowwood 1 0