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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
CANIN Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CANTALASAPONIN-1 *
CANTHIN-6-ONE IC50=1-6 ug/ml 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.
CAPSICODENDRIN ED50=2.9 *
CARNOSOLIC-ACID TC90=0.36 ug/ml J. Nat. Prod. 56: 1426.
CARPESTEROL ED50=8.47 ug/ml *
CASSAINE ED50=1 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.
CEPHALOMANNINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CEPHARANOLINE ED50=>30 *
CHALCONE IC98=10 ug/ml Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
CHAMANETIN 5.2 ppm Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
CHAMISSONIN 2 ppm Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
CHAMISSONIN-DEACETATE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CHELERYTHRINE *
CHELIDONINE Merck 11th Edition
CHERIMOLINE 9KB ED50=0.000000000006 ppm Rupprect, J. K., Hui, Y. H., and McLaughlin, J. L., Annonaceous acetogenins: a review, J. Nat. Prod, 53(2), 1990, 237-238.
CHLOROHYSSOPIFOLIN-A Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CHRYSANTHEMIN-A *
CHRYSAROBIN 1 ug/mL De Smet, P.A.G.M., Keller, K., Hansel, R. and Chandler, R.F., eds. 1993. Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs 2. Springr-Verlag, Berlin. 348pp.
CHRYSIN >genistein *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Ocimum kilimandscharicum African Blue Basil; Kenyan Perennial Basil 1 6, 070
Ocimum sanctum Holy Basil; Tulsi 1 9, 940
Ocimum sp Basil 1 0
Ocimum suave Kenyan Tree Basil 1 2, 860
Ocimum tenuiflorum Anise-Scented Basil 6 21, 610
Oenanthe javanica Javan Water Dropwort 1 0
Oenothera biennis Evening-Primrose 8 414, 266
Olea europaea Olive 11 0
Ononis spinosa Spiny Restharrow; Restharrow; Hauhechel (Ger.) 7 228
Opuntia ficus-indica Indian Fig; Prickly Pear; Nopal; Nopalito 2 0
Origanum compactum 2 320
Origanum majorana Marjoram; Sweet Marjoram 8 1, 065, 930
Origanum minutiflorum Small-Flowered Oregano 1 125
Origanum onites Oregano; Pot Marjoram 1 0
Origanum sipyleum Bayircayi; Guveyoto 2 96
Origanum vulgare Common Turkish Oregano; Wild Oregano; Oregano; Pot Marjoram; Wild Marjoram; European Oregano 12 5, 183, 100
Orthosphenia mexicana 1 0
Oryza sativa Rice 2 0.8999999761581421
Paeonia japonica 1 10, 000
Paeonia lactiflora Chih-Shao; Peony; Common Garden Peony; White Peony; Bai Shao (Chinese) 3 0