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Biological Activity Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor

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
OLEANOLIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
PARTHENOLIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
PELLITORINE not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTAGALLOYL-GLUCOSE not available Duke, 1992 *
POLYPHENOLS not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPYL-GALLATE IC50 (uM) =30 Duke, 1992 *
PTEROSTILBENE IC50=20-84 uM Duke, 1992 *
PUNICIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN not available Duke, 1992 *
RESVERATROL IC50=15 uM Duke, 1992 *
RUTAECARPINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL (=indomethacin) Duke, 1992 *
THYMOQUINONE IC50 3.5 ug/ml Houghton, P.J., Zarka, R., Heras, B., and Hoult, J.R.S. 1994. Fixed Oil of Nigella sativa and Derived Thymoquinone Inhibit Eicosanoid Generation in Leukocytes and Membrane Lipid Peroxidation. Planta Medica, 61: 33.
TRANS-5-ETHYL-4,6,7-TRITHIA-2-DECENE-4-S-OXIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-METHYLSULPHINOTHIOIC-ACID-S-1-PROPENYLESTER not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-N-PROPYLSULPHINOTHIOIC-ACID-S-1-PROPENYLESTER not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-RESVERATROL not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Illicium verum Star Anise; Chinese Star Anise; Chinesischer Sternanis (Ger.); Sternanis (Ger.); anis de China (Sp.); anis estrellado (Sp.) 1 0
Inula helenium Elecampane 1 0
Ipomoea batatas Sweet Potato 1 0
Iris versicolor Blue Flag 2 0
Iris x germanica Orris 1 0
Isatis tinctoria Dyer's Woad 2 0
Isodon grandifolius not available 1 448
Jasminum officinale Jasmine; Poet's Jessamine 1 0
Jateorhiza palmata Calumba Root 2 0
Jatropha curcas Physic Nut; Purging Nut 1 374, 000
Jatropha gossypifolia Spanish Physic Nut 2 0
Juglans cinerea Butternut 1 0
Juglans nigra Black Walnut 6 450, 180
Juglans regia English Walnut 6 310, 775
Juniperus communis Common Juniper; Juniper 5 100, 000
Juniperus sabina Sabine 2 0
Juniperus virginiana Red Cedar 1 86, 000
Kalanchoe pinnata Air Plant; Siempre Viva 2 0
Kalanchoe spathulata Beach Bells 2 0
Krameria triandra Rhatany 1 0