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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
Persea americana Avocado 2 1, 555
Petasites hybridus European Butterbur 2 35, 000
Petasites japonicus Butterbur 1 170, 000
Petiveria alliacea Anamu; Guinea Hen Leaf; Mucura 2 0
Petroselinum crispum Parsley 9 923, 094.6199999824
Peucedanum ostruthium Masterwort 3 6, 720
Peumus boldus Boldo 10 46, 104
Phaseolus lunatus Butter Bean; Lima Bean 1 0
Phaseolus vulgaris Black Bean; Green Bean; Haricot Bean; Garden Bean; String Bean; Dwarf Bean; Field Bean; Flageolet Bean; French Bean; Kidney Bean; Navy Bean; Pop Bean; Popping Bean; Snap Bean; Wax Bean; Haricot Vert; Haricot 1 3.400000050663948
Phellodendron amurense Huang Po; Po Mu; Amur Cork Tree; Huang Bai 1 40, 000
Phoenix dactylifera Date Palm 1 0
Phyllanthus emblica Emblic; Myrobalan 1 0
Phyllanthus niruri Seed On The Leaf 2 0
Phytolacca americana Pokeweed 1 0
Picea glauca White Spruce 2 0
Pilocarpus jaborandi Indian Hemp; Pernambuco Jaborandi 2 4, 950
Pilocarpus microphyllus Maranhao Jaborandi 2 75
Pimenta dioica Allspice; Jamaica-Pepper; Pimenta; Clover-Pepper; Pimento 5 1, 585
Pimenta racemosa Bayrum Tree; West Indian Bay 8 84, 720
Pimpinella anisum Anise; Sweet Cumin 8 1, 803, 636