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Biological Activity Expectorant

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending Dosage Reference
HYDROXYGENKWANIN not available Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
INULIN not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ISOMANGIFERIN not available Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
LIMONENE not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL not available Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
LOBELINE not available Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
LYCORINE not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MARRUBIIN 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.
MENTHOL not available Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
METHYL-CYSTEINE-HYDROCHLORIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ISOEUGENOL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NEVADENSIN not available Duke, 1992 *
PINENE not available Duke, 1992 *
PINITOL FEA Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODIN not available Duke, 1992 *
RORIFON not available Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE 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.
SCILLITIN not available Duke, 1992 *
SELINENE not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPIN not available Merck 11th Edition
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Sort descending Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Juniperus sabina Sabine 5 0
Juniperus virginiana Red Cedar 2 0
Justicia adhatoda Malabar Nut 2 31, 600
Justicia pectoralis Angel Of Death; Bolek Hena; Curia 1 0
Kaempferia galanga Maraba; Galanga 1 0
Kalanchoe pinnata Air Plant; Siempre Viva 1 0
Lactuca scariola Prickly Lettuce 1 0
Lantana camara Lantana; Wild Sage 10 242
Larrea tridentata Chaparral; Creosote Bush 4 0
Laurus nobilis Bayleaf; Sweet Bay; Grecian Laurel; Bay Laurel; Laurel; Bay 15 8, 489, 868
Lavandula angustifolia English Lavender 9 17, 250
Lavandula latifolia Aspic; Broad-Leaved Lavender; Spike Lavender 7 24, 321
Lavandula sp Lavender 1 0
Lavandula x hybrida Hybrid Lavender 5 4, 095
Lavandula x intermedia Dutch Lavender; Lavandin 8 6, 856
Leonotis leonurus Lion's Ear 3 4, 093
Leonurus cardiaca Motherwort 3 30
Lepechinia calycina Epling's Lepechinia 6 2, 695
Lepechinia schiediana Schiede's Lepechinia 2 240
Leptospermum polygalifolium not available 1 137, 500