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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
LUPEOL 50-500 ppm Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 1-50 uM Duke, 1992 *
LYCORICIDINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
LYCORINE not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MACROCALIN-B IC50=1.6-8.1 ug/ml Hou, A., Li, M, Jiang, B., Lin, Z., Ji, S., Zhou, Y., Sun, H. 2000. New 7,20:14,20-Diepoxy ent-Kauranoids from Isodon xerophilus. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 599-601.
MALLOPHENONE 14.8 ppm Duke, 1992 *
MALLOTOCHROMAN 49.1 ppm Duke, 1992 *
MALLOTOCHROMANOL 25.2 ppm Duke, 1992 *
MALLOTOJAPONIN 365 ppb Duke, 1992 *
MALLOTOLERIN 470 ppb Duke, 1992 *
MALLOTOPHENONE 25.2 ppm Duke, 1992 *
MAQUIROSIDE-A not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICARPIN 100 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
MELODORINOL ED50=1.99-5.89 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
MELODORINOL-ACETATE ED50=1.96-4.21 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-P-COUMARATE 800 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
MEXICANIN-I ED50=0.3-1.8 ppm Duke, 1992 *
MEZEREIN not available Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
MICROHELENIN-A 2.5 ppm Duke, 1992 *
MICROMELIN ED50=48 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.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 16 2, 184, 272
Warburgia ugandensis Warburghia 2 0
Wisteria floribunda not available 2 0
Withania somnifera Ashwagandha 3 8, 600
Woodfordia floribunda not available 2 128.79999923706055
Wormia burbidgei not available 1 48, 000
Wormia triquetra not available 1 64, 000
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Yellowroot 3 13, 000
Xylopia aethiopica Ethiopian Pepper; Guinea Pepper; Negro Pepper; Spice Tree; Mohrenpfeffer (Ger.); Maniguete (Sp.); Pimienta de Guinea (Sp.) 1 7.700000166893005
Zanthoxylum alatum Indian Prickly Ash; Wartara Oil Tree 2 0
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 4 40
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Pepperbark; Southern Prickly Ash; Hercules'-Club; West Indian Yellowwood 2 0
Zataria multiflora not available 1 0
Zea mays Corn 8 47.69999998807907
Zingiber officinale Ginger 9 187, 069
Ziziphus joazeiro not available 1 2, 400
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 4 75, 408
Zizyphus mauritiana not available 2 120
Zizyphus nummularia not available 2 413.1999969482422
Zizyphus oenoplia not available 2 6, 661.60009765625