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Biological Activity Digestive

List of activity chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Dosage Reference
ANETHOLE not available Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp.
BERBERASTINE not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE not available Duke, 1992 *
BROMELAIN not available Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
CAPSAICIN not available Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
CRATEGOLIC-ACID not available Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
IBOGAINE not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PAPAIN not available Merck 11th Edition
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Foeniculum vulgare Fennel 1 2, 172, 000
Glycyrrhiza glabra Commom Licorice; Licorice; Smooth Licorice; Licorice-Root 1 4
Hydrastis canadensis Goldenseal 2 140, 000
Illicium verum Star Anise; Chinese Star Anise; Chinesischer Sternanis (Ger.); Sternanis (Ger.); anis de China (Sp.); anis estrellado (Sp.) 1 0
Macleaya cordata Plume Poppy 1 0
Magnolia kobus Hsin-I; Xin-Yi 1 0
Mahonia aquifolium Oregon Grape; Blue Barberry; Holly Barberry; Holly Mahonia; Mountain Grape 1 65
Mahonia fargesii not available 1 0
Mahonia fortunei not available 1 0
Mahonia gracilipes not available 1 0
Mahonia japonica Japanese Ashberry; Hiiragi-Nanten 1 0
Mahonia nervosa Oregon Barberry; Oregon Grape-Holly; Oregon Grape; Water Holly 1 0
Mahonia philipinensis not available 1 0
Mahonia repens Creeping Barberry; Oregon Barberry; Oregon Grape-Holly; Oregon Grape 1 5, 668
Mahonia siamensis not available 1 2, 000
Menispermum canadense Moonseed 1 0
Mentha x piperita Peppermint 1 0.009999999776482582
Myrrhis odorata Garden Myrrh; Myrrh; Sweet Chervil; Sweet Cicely; Cicely 1 0
Nandina domestica Heavenly Bamboo; Sacred Bamboo; Southern Heaven Bamboo; Nanten (Jap.) 1 0
Ocimum basilicum Basil; Sweet Basil; Cuban Basil 1 0