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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
COCLAURINE *
L-DOPA Martindale's 29th
MELATONIN Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
NICOTINAMIDE Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
NIMBIDIN *
SELENIUM Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac 1 0.25
Ribes nigrum Black Currant 1 0.0020000000949949026
Ribes rubrum Red Currant; White Currant 1 0
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry 1 0
Rosa canina Rose; Dogbrier; Dog Rose 1 6.299999713897705
Rubus chamaemorus Cloudberry 1 0
Rubus idaeus Red Raspberry; Raspberry 1 5
Rumex crispus Curly Dock; Lengua De Vaca; Yellow Dock; Sour Dock 1 10
Ruscus aculeatus Butcher's Broom; Box-Holly 1 2.799999952316284
Salix alba White Willow 1 1.100000023841858
Salvia officinalis Sage 1 0
Schisandra chinensis Chinese Magnolia Vine; Schizandra; Wu Wei Zu; Wu Wei Zi; Magnolia Vine; Five-Flavor-Fruit 1 4.199999928474426
Scutellaria baicalensis Chinese Skullcap; Huang Qin; Baikal Skullcap 1 21
Scutellaria lateriflora Mad-Dog Skullcap; Scullcap 2 1.7800000309944153
Senna alexandrina Alexandran senna; True Senna; Indian Senna 1 4.800000071525574
Senna obtusifolia Sicklepod 1 0
Serenoa repens Saw Palmetto; Scrub-Palmetto 1 5.199999809265137
Silybum marianum Milk Thistle; Lady's Thistle 1 28.399999618530273
Smilax officinalis Sarsaparilla 1 3.0999999046325684
Smilax spp Sarsaparilla 1 3.0999999046325684