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Biological Activity Cytotoxic

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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
ELEPHANTIN 0.28-100 ppm Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
ELEPHANTOPIN 0.3-100 ppm Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
ELLAGIC-ACID 4.6 ug/ml Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 359.
EMARGINATINE-A not available Duke, 1992 *
EMARGINATINE-B ED50=0.4 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
EMETINE IC50=0.02 ug/ml Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
EMODIN CD50=2.6 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-BIANTHRONE CD50=1.1 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
ENCELIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ENT-11-ALPHA-HYDROXY-15-OXO-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID ID50=2.8 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
EPIPOLYGODIAL not available Duke, 1992 *
EPISTEPHANINE 14 ppm Duke, 1992 *
EREMANTHOLIDE-A 2 ppm Duke, 1992 *
ERIOFLORIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ERIOFLORIN-ACETATE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ERIOFLORIN-METHACRYLATE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ERIOLANGIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ERIOLANIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ERYSOLIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ESCULETIN not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Alphitonia excelsa not available 2 35, 290
Alphitonia macrocarpa not available 2 9, 420
Alphitonia petriei not available 2 26, 340
Alphitonia whitei not available 2 22, 160
Alpinia galanga Greater Galangal; Siamese Ginger; Languas 2 36, 000
Alpinia officinarum Lesser Galangal; Chinese Ginger 4 800
Alstonia scholaris not available 2 0
Althaea officinalis Marshmallow; White Mallow 6 0
Alyxia buxifolia not available 1 32, 000
Alyxia levinei not available 1 0
Amanoa oblongifolia not available 2 175.79999697208405
Ambrosia acanthicarpa Ragweed; Annual Bur-Sage; Sandbur 1 0
Ambrosia artemisiifolia Bastard wormwood 1 1, 600
Ambrosia hispida Margarita de Mar 2 11, 541
Ammannia baccifera not available 1 3, 272.800048828125
Ammi majus Bishop's Weed 5 20, 000
Ammi visnaga Visnaga 5 0
Amoora canarana not available 2 0
Ampelozizyphus amazonicus not available 2 0
Amphicarpaea bracteata Hog Peanut 1 10