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Biological Activity Estrogenic

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
3'-DEMETHOXY-6-O-DEMETHYLISOGUAIACIN 30 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
3,5,3-TRIOXY-4-METHOXYSTILBENE not available Australian J. Med Herbalism, 7: 29.
6''-ACETYLAPIIN not available Duke, 1992 *
8-PRENYLNARINGENIN not available Duke, 1992 *
9-HYDROXY-4-METHOXYPSORALEN not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLOIMPERATORIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ALOE-EMODIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE not available Australian J. Med Herbalism, 7: 29.
APIGENIN EC50=0.1-25 uM/l Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
APIGENIN 16% genistein Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN EC50=1 uM Duke, 1992 *
AURANTIOBTUSIN not available Duke, 1992 *
BELAMPHENONE not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL not available Duke, 1992 *
BIOCHANIN not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BIOCHANIN-A EC50=0.1-25 uM/l Duke, 1992 *
BIOCHANIN-A 0.1 uM Duke, 1992 *
BORON 3 mg/man/day Duke, 1992 *
BUTIN not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Desmodium gangeticum not available 1 8
Dictamnus albus Akgiritotu; Burning Bush; Dittany; Gas Plant; Gazelotu 1 0
Digitalis lanata Grecian Foxglove 1 0
Digitalis purpurea Purple Foxglove 2 0
Dioclea glycinoides not available 1 15
Dioscorea alata Greater Yam; Winged Yam 1 14
Dioscorea bulbifera Air Potato; Potato Yam 1 9, 000
Dioscorea composita Barbasco 1 0
Dioscorea sp. Wild Yam 1 0
Dioscorea villosa Wild Yam 3 23, 800
Diospyros virginiana American Persimmon 3 88
Dipogon lignosus not available 1 0
Dipteryx odorata Tonka Bean; Dutch Tonka Bean 2 70, 000
Dodonaea viscosa Hopwood 4 0
Dolichos biflorus not available 1 0
Drimys winteri Winter's Bark 2 0
Duchesnea indica False Strawberry; Indian Strawberry; Mock Strawberry 1 0
Dunbaria villosa not available 1 13
Echinacea angustifolia Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower 6 0
Echinacea pallida Echinacea; Pale-Flower Echinacea; Pale Purple-Coneflower 1 0