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Biological Activity Expectorant

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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 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
Amomum compactum Round Cardamom; Chester Cardamom; Siam Cardamom; Java Cardamom 4 68, 160
Amomum xanthioides Bastard Cardamom; Chin Kousha; Malabar Cardamom; Tavoy Cardamom 3 0
Anacardium occidentale Cashew 1 0
Anamirta cocculus Levant Berry 1 0
Ananas comosus Pineapple 2 0.49000000953674316
Anemarrhena asphodeloides Chih-Mu; Zhi-Mu 1 0
Anethum graveolens Dill; Garden Dill 11 2, 418, 700
Angelica archangelica Garden Angelica; Angelica; Wild Parsnip 8 1, 170, 756
Angelica sinensis Dang Gui; Dong Quai; Dang Quai; Dang Qui; Dong Gui; Chinese Angelica 2 0
Aniba rosaeodora Bois-De-Rose; Cayenne Rosewood 5 3, 000
Anisomeles malabarica Malabar Catmint 1 0
Annona muricata Soursop 1 0
Annona squamosa Sugar-Apple; Sweetsop 3 0
Apium graveolens Celery 8 3, 830, 990
Aralia cordata Udo 3 486
Arctium lappa Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock 2 1, 500, 000
Argemone mexicana Prickly Poppy 1 0
Arisaema consanguineum Chinese Jack-In-The-Pulpit 1 0
Armoracia rusticana Horseradish 1 0
Arnica montana Leopard's-Bane; Mountain Tobacco 4 240, 000