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Biological Activity Hepatoprotective

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
CHONDROCURINE 10 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN IC50=8.19 uM Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN IC50=2.08 ppm Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMOYLHISTAMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
COLCHICINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMIN 30 mg/kg/day Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMIN 30 ppm Duke, 1992 *
CYCLEANINE 10 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
CYNARIN 100 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYGOMOSIN-A not available Duke, 1992 *
DESOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN 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 207.
DI-P-COUMAROYL-METHANE not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
DIOSGENIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID IC55=30 ug/ml Mayumi Ito (nee Someya), et al. 1990. Hepatoprotective Compounds from Canarium album and Euphorbia nematocypha. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2201-2203, 1990.
EPSILON-VINIFERIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN 6 mg/kg mus Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 100 ppm Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
FERULOYLHISTAMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONE IC50=1.31 uM Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Quercus infectoria Aleppo Oak; Dyer's Oak; Gall Oak 4 120, 000
Quercus robur English Oak 5 200, 000
Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak 5 160, 000
Quercus suber Cork Oak 1 65, 000
Quercus velutina Black Oak 1 0
Quillaja saponaria Soapbark 1 150, 000
Quisqualis indica Rangoon Creeper 2 24, 300
Raphanus sativus Radish 5 5, 037
Rauvolfia serpentina Indian Snakeroot; Serpentine Wood 1 4, 000
Rauvolfia tetraphylla Four-Leaf Devilpepper; Pinque-Pinque 1 0
Rauvolfia vomitoria African Snakeroot 1 0
Ravensara aromatica Ravensara 1 170
Rehmannia glutinosa Chinese Foxglove 3 1, 000
Rheum officinale Chinese Rhubarb 5 16, 654.30009841919
Rheum palmatum Chinese Rhubarb 5 14, 275.5
Rheum rhabarbarum Rhubarb 6 6, 159
Rhizophora mangle Red Mangrove 3 520, 000
Rhododendron dauricum Chinese Alpenrose 7 0
Rhododendron ferrugineum Rusty-Leaved Alpenrose 4 0
Rhododendron ponticum Pontic Alpenrose 7 120, 000