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Biological Activity Cytotoxic

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending Dosage Reference
VERNOMENIN ED50=5-20 ppm Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
VERNOMYGDIN ED50=1.5 Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
VULGARIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
WARBURGANAL 10 ppb Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
WITHAFERIN-A ED50=0.28-40 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOMICROL not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
XANTHOTOXIN ED50=7-29 ug/ml Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
XANTHOTOXOL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
XEROPHILUSIN-A IC50=0.12-2.22 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.
XEROPHILUSIN-B IC50=0.17-0.73 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.
ZINIOLIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Sort descending Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Levisticum officinale Lovage 4 33
Ligustrum japonicum Japanese Privet; Ligustri Fructus 8 0
Ligustrum lucidum Chinese Privet; Glossy Privet; Ligustri Fructus; Privet; White Waxtree 2 4.500000178813934
Limnophila rugosa not available 2 0
Limonia acidissima Elephant Apple; Manzana De Elefante; Wood-Apple 2 0
Lindera benzoin Benjamin Bush; Spicebush; Wild Allspice; Fieberstrauch (Ger.) 1 0
Linum usitatissimum Flax; Linseed 4 120
Lippia alba White Lippia 1 0
Lippia dulcis Sweet Herb 1 0
Lippia graveolens Oregano 1 200
Lippia javanica Lemon Bush; Umsuzwane (Zulu) 1 0
Liquidambar styraciflua American Styrax; Sweetgum 1 0
Lithocarpus attenuata not available 1 0
Lithocarpus cornea not available 1 2
Lithocarpus elizabethae not available 1 0
Lithocarpus haipinii not available 1 0
Lithocarpus polystachya not available 2 4.000000059604645
Lonicera japonica Japanese Honeysuckle 2 0
Ludwigia adscendens Ascending ludwigia 1 0
Ludwigia parviflora not available 1 0