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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
Cannabis sativa Marijuana; Marihuana; Indian Hemp; Hemp 2 0
Capsicum annuum Bell Pepper; Green Pepper; Cherry Pepper; Sweet Pepper; Cone Pepper; Paprika 7 0
Capsicum frutescens Cayenne; Chili; Tabasco; Hot Pepper; Spur Pepper; Red Chili 5 0
Carica papaya Papaya 3 0
Carthamus tinctorius Safflower 1 0.019999999552965164
Carum carvi Caraway; Carum; Kummel (Ger.); Comino (Sp.); Comino de prado (Sp.) 8 7, 762, 630.500000007
Cedrus deodora Deodar Cedar 1 0
Centaurea calcitrapa Star-Thistle 2 0
Centaurea cyanus Cornflower; Bachelor's Button 2 0
Centella asiatica Gotu Kola; Pennywort 8 4, 000
Cephaelis ipecacuanha Ipecac; Raicilla 2 96, 900
Ceratonia siliqua Carob; St.John's-Bread; Locust Bean 2 225, 000
Chamaemelum nobile Garden Camomile; Perennial Camomile; Roman Camomile 5 0
Chelidonium majus Celandine 1 0
Chenopodium album Lambsquarter 1 12, 200
Chenopodium ambrosioides Epazote; Wormseed 3 9, 600
Chrysanthemum balsamita Balsamite; Costmary 4 0
Chrysanthemum parthenium Feverfew 8 778
Chrysanthemum x morifolium Chrysanthemum; Florist's Chrysanthemum; Mum; Ju Hua (Pinyin) 10 1, 036
Cichorium endivia Endive; Escarole 1 0