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Biological Activity Estrogenic

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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
CHRYSIN-5,7-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CITRAL not available Duke, 1992 *
CORONARIDINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COUMARIN not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
COUMESTROL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DAIDZEIN EC50=0.1-25 uM/l Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZIN not available Duke, 1992 *
DESERPIDINE not available Duke, 1992 *
DIANETHOLE not available 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.
DIOSGENIN 20-40 mg/kg/day/15 day scu mus Duke, 1992 *
DIOSMETIN EC50=2.9 uM Duke, 1992 *
EMBELIN not available Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
EMODIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ENTERODIOL not available Duke, 1992 *
ENTEROLACTONE not available Duke, 1992 *
ESTRADIOL not available Duke, 1992 *
ESTRADIOL-17-BETA not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ESTRIOL 500 ug/day/orl/wmn Martindale's 29th
ESTRONE 0.1-5 mg/woman/day Martindale's 28th
FERUJOL 0.6 ppm Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
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