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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
(+)-CASSYTHICINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(+)-CATECHIN TC50=>100 ug/ml *
(+)-CATECHIN-7-O-GALLATE TC50=>100 ug/ml *
(+)-SYRINGARESINOL Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-ARCTIGENIN Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-ARMEPAVINE-N-OXIDE ED50(KB)=4.0 ug/ml *
(-)-EPICATECHIN TC50=>100 ug/ml *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE TC50=>100 ug/ml *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
(-)-KURARINONE Kang, T., Jeong, S., Ko, W., Kim, N., Lee, B., Inagaki, M., Miyamoto, T., Higuchi, R., Kim, Y. 2000. Cytotoxic Lavandulyl Flavanones from Sphora flavescens. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 680-681.
(2S)-2'-METHOXYKURARINONE Kang, T., Jeong, S., Ko, W., Kim, N., Lee, B., Inagaki, M., Miyamoto, T., Higuchi, R., Kim, Y. 2000. Cytotoxic Lavandulyl Flavanones from Sphora flavescens. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 680-681.
1-HYDROXY-11-METHOXYCANTHIN-6-ONE ED50(KB)=2.0 ug/ml *
1-HYDROXY-5-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE ED50(KB)=2.5 ug/ml *
10-EPIEUPATOROXIN ED50=2.6 *
11,13-DIHYDROVERNOLADIN 0.34 *
11-DEOXOCUCURBITACIN-I Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
11-HYDROXY-1-METHOXYCANTHIN-6-ONE ED50(KB)=2.0 ug/ml *
11-HYDROXYCANTHIN-6-ONE ED50(KB)=1.0 ug/ml *
12ALPHA-HYDROXYAMOORSTATIN Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
15-HYDROXY-3-DEHYDRODESOXY-FRUITICIN Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Acrotrema arnottianum 2 11, 900
Acrotrema uniflorum 1 4, 800
Actaea cimicifuga Sheng ma; Bugbane; Foetid Bugbane 1 0
Actaea dahurica Sheng ma; Xing an sheng ma 1 0
Actaea racemosa Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot 2 0
Actinidia chinensis Kiwi 2 0
Adansonia digitata 1 0
Adenocarpus decorticans 1 0
Adenocarpus foliolosus 1 0
Adonis vernalis Spring Adonis 2 0
Aegle marmelos Bael de India; Bael fruit 2 0
Aerva lanata 1 128
Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut 7 4, 000
Agastache rugosa 3 9, 000
Agathosma betulina Buchu; Honey Buchu; Mountain Buchu 2 0
Ageratum conyzoides Mexican ageratum 3 800
Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony; Sticklewort 9 36, 048
Ailanthus altissima Stinktree; Tree Of Heaven 4 0
Ailanthus grandis 1 172
Ajuga iva Ivy Bugle 1 0