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Biological Activity Hemostat

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
(+)-CATECHIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-ALPHA-HYDRASTINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-BETONICINE 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.
ACALYPHINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ACHILLEINE 500 mg/kg ivn rbt Duke, 1992 *
ALGINIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HYDRASTINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ANTHOCYANIN not available Spring, M.A. 1988. Ethnopharmacologic Analysis of Medicinal Plants Used by Laotian Hmong Refugees in Minnesota. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 26: 65-91, 1989.
ANTHOCYANINS not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERASTINE not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-INDOLETHYLAMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
BETONICINE 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.
BURSIC-ACID not available Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
BURSINIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN not available Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE not available Martindale's 29th
CEPHALIN not available Merck 11th Edition
CHRYSOPHANOL not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Datura stramonium Jimsonweed 2 750
Daucus carota Carrot 4 188, 000
Dianthus caryophyllus Carnation; Clove Pink; Oeillet (Fr.); Nelke (Ger.); Clavel (Sp.) 2 0
Dictamnus albus Akgiritotu; Burning Bush; Dittany; Gas Plant; Gazelotu 1 0
Digitalis purpurea Purple Foxglove 2 0
Diospyros virginiana American Persimmon 1 0
Dodonaea viscosa Hopwood 2 0
Drimys winteri Winter's Bark 3 366, 000
Echinacea angustifolia Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower 1 0
Echinacea purpurea Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower 2 0
Echinacea spp Coneflower; Echinacea 2 0
Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian Olive; Silver Berry 2 0
Eleutherococcus senticosus Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin) 1 0
Elytrigia repens Couchgrass; Doggrass; Quackgrass; Wheatgrass; Twitchgrass 1 0
Ephedra gerardiana Pakistani Ephedra 1 0
Ephedra sinica Ma Huang; Chinese Ephedra 1 0
Equisetum arvense Field Horsetail; Horsetail 5 0
Eremurus chinensis not available 1 0
Eriobotrya japonica Loquat 3 10, 500
Eriodictyon californicum Yerba Santa; California Yerba Santa; Hierba Santa; Mountain Balm; Bear's Weed; Consumptive's Weed; Tarweed; Gum Bush; Holy Herb 1 0