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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
PULCHELLIN ED50=1-2 ppm Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
PULVEROCHROMENOL *
PUNICIC-ACID *
QUADRIGEMINE EC100=8uM *
QUADRIGENIN *
QUASSIMARIN 1-4,000 ppm Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
QUERCETAGETIN-6,7,3',4'-TETRAMETHYLETHER *
QUERCETIN IC82=100 ug/ml Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
QUERCETIN ED50=70 ug/ml Matsukawa, Y., et al. The Effect of Quercetin and Other Flavonoids on Cell Cycle Progresssion and Growth of Human Gastric Cancer Cells. Planta Medica, 56(6): 677, 1990.
QUINICINE IC50=3.2 ug/ml Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
QUINIDINONE IC50=17.7 ug/ml Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
QUININE IC50=183 ug/ml Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
RADIATIN 0.39 ppm Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
RETUSIN ED50=>25 ug/ml Arisawa, M., Hayashi, T., Shimizu, M., Morita, N., Bai, H., Kuze, S., and Ito, Y. Isolation And Cytotoxicity Of Two New Flavonoids From Chrysosplenium grayanum And Related Flavonols. J. Natural Products, 54(3): 898-901, 1991.
RHEIN CD50=3.4 ug/ml *
RHOEADINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ROBUSTAFLAVONE-4'-METHYL-ETHER Lin, L., Kuo, Y., Chou, C. 2000. Cytotoxic Biflavonoids from Selaginella delicatula. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 627-630.
ROLLINIASTATIN-1 9PS ED50=0.000045 ppm Rupprect, J. K., Hui, Y. H., and McLaughlin, J. L., Annonaceous acetogenins: a review, J. Nat. Prod, 53(2), 1990, 237-238.
ROLLINIASTATIN-2 9PS ED50=0.00023 ppm Rupprect, J. K., Hui, Y. H., and McLaughlin, J. L., Annonaceous acetogenins: a review, J. Nat. Prod, 53(2), 1990, 237-238.
ROLLINICIN 9PS ED50=0.000000029 ppm Rupprect, J. K., Hui, Y. H., and McLaughlin, J. L., Annonaceous acetogenins: a review, J. Nat. Prod, 53(2), 1990, 237-238.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Prunus africana Bitter Almond; Red Stinkwood 1 173, 400
Prunus armeniaca Apricot 5 0
Prunus avium Cereza; Sweet Cherry 1 0
Prunus cerasus Sour Cherry 10 0
Prunus domestica Plum 4 0
Prunus dulcis Almond 5 0
Prunus laurocerasus Cherry Laurel 5 30, 000
Prunus mahaleb 1 0
Prunus maximowiczii 1 0
Prunus nipponica 1 0
Prunus pensylvanica 1 0
Prunus persica Peach 5 0
Prunus serotina Black Cherry; Wild Cherry 7 0
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn; Sloe 3 0
Prunus spp 1 0
Prunus verecunda 1 0
Pseudeminia comosa 1 8
Pseudoeriosema borianii 1 40
Pseudovigna argentea 1 16
Psidium cattleianum Strawberry Guava 3 0