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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
FLAVONE IC50=1.31 uM Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID not available Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
GENIPOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
GINGEROL 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 210.
GINSENOSIDE-RH1 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 211.
GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID 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.
GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID 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.
GLYCYRRHIZIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCYRRHIZIN 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.
GOMISIN-E not available Duke, 1992 *
GOMOSIN-A not available Duke, 1992 *
GOMOSIN-C not available Duke, 1992 *
GOMOSIN-N not available Duke, 1992 *
GYPSOGENIC-ACID 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 211.
HELICTERILIC-ACID not available Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
HERNIARIN not available Yakhak Hoeji, 37: 182, 1993.
HESPERETIN 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 253.
HINESOL 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 210.
HORDENINE not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPERIN IC80=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.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Lippia javanica Lemon Bush; Umsuzwane (Zulu) 1 0
Liquidambar orientalis Oriental Storax; Oriental Styrax 3 0
Liquidambar styraciflua American Styrax; Sweetgum 5 0
Lobelia inflata Indian Tobacco; Lobelia 2 66
Lonicera japonica Japanese Honeysuckle 5 140, 000
Lophophora williamsii Peyote 1 0
Ludwigia adscendens Ascending ludwigia 1 0
Ludwigia perennis Perennial ludwigia 1 0
Luffa aegyptiaca Luffa; Smooth Loofah; Vegetable Sponge 4 693, 210
Lupinus albus White Lupine 4 25, 149
Lupinus mutabilis Andean Lupine; Chocho; Tarhui 1 171
Lycium barbarum Barbary Matrimony Vine; Ning Xia Gou Qi (Chin.); Matrimony Vine; Common Matrimony Vine; Duke of Argyll's Eta Tree 5 50, 000
Lycium chilense Chilean Wolfberry 2 10, 000
Lycium chinense Wolfberry; Chinese Boxthorn; Chinese Matrimony Vine; Chinese Wolfberry; Gou Qi (Chin.); Lyciet de Chine (Fr.); Chinesischer Bocksdorn (Ger.); Daun Koki (Indones.); Spina Santa Cinese (Ital.); Kuko (Jap.); Kaukichai (Malays.) 12 356, 763
Lycopersicon esculentum Tomato 17 39, 341
Lycopodium clavatum Antler Herb; Clubmoss 4 0
Lycopodium lucidulum Shining Clubmoss 1 91
Lycopodium selago Clubmoss 2 0
Lycopus europeus European Bugle 5 0
Lycopus virginicus Bugle 5 0