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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Biological Activity Decongestant

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
1,8-CINEOLE *
ALLYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
CAMPHOR Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
EPHEDRINE Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
EUCALYPTOL Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
L-EPHEDRINE Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
L-SYNEPHRINE *
PSEUDOEPHEDRINE Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Tanacetum vulgare Tansy 2 3, 100
Taxus baccata Common Yew 1 0
Telosma cordata Merrill flowers 1 893
Teucrium arduini 'Croatian Alpine' Germander 1 6
Teucrium asiaticum 2 0.7200000062584877
Teucrium cyprium 'Cyprus' Germander 1 0
Teucrium divaricatum Hoary Divaricate Germander 1 6
Teucrium gnaphalodes Iberian Germander 2 6
Teucrium kotschyanum Stavros Kotschy's Germander 1 0
Teucrium micropodioides Small 'Cyprus' Germander 1 12
Teucrium oxylepis 2 3.10000004991889
Teucrium polium Iberian Golden Germander; Golden Germander 2 4
Teucrium pseudoscorodonia 2 0.38099998980760574
Teucrium salviastrum 2 0.9800000190734863
Teucrium scorodonia Germander; Wood Germander 2 1.5799999833106995
Thuja occidentalis Arbor-Vitae; Northern White-Cedar 1 0
Thymus broussonettii Moroccan Thyme 1 0
Thymus capitatus 'Sicilian' Thyme; Spanish Origanum; Spanish Thyme 2 117
Thymus cilicicus 'Anatolian' Thyme 2 2, 455
Thymus funkii Funk's Thyme 2 6, 430