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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
SWERTISIN 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.
TANNIN not available Duke, 1992 *
TAXIFOLIN 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.
TOCOPHEROL not available Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 10 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 1-100 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-B not available Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-B3 not available Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-E not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN IC50=2.5 uM Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN 0.5 ppm Duke, 1992 *
XYLITOL not available Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
ZEAXANTHIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN-DIPALMITATE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Acinos alpinus Te de Sierra Nevada 1 4
Acinos suaveolens not available 4 554.7999992370605
Aconitum napellus European Aconite; Monkshood; Aconite; Bear's-Foot; Blue Rocket; Friar's Cap; Garden Monkshood; Garden Wolfsbane; Helmet Flower; Queen's Fettle; Soldier's Cap; Turk's Cap 2 0
Acorus calamus Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot 4 107, 400
Acrocomia totai Gru-Gru Nut; Mbocaya 1 0
Actaea cimicifuga Sheng ma; Bugbane; Foetid Bugbane 3 0
Actaea dahurica Sheng ma; Xing an sheng ma 2 0
Actaea racemosa Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot 3 63
Actinidia chinensis Kiwi 6 9, 530
Adiantum capillus-veneris Maidenhair Fern 2 0
Adonis vernalis Spring Adonis 4 0
Aegle marmelos Bael de India; Bael fruit 2 580, 052
Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut 13 6, 415
Aframomum melegueta Alligator Pepper; Grains-of-Paradise; Guinea Grains; Melegueta Pepper; Malagettapfeffer (Ger.); Malagueta (Sp.) 3 0
Agastache foeniculum Giant Hyssop 1 0
Agastache nepetoides not available 1 0
Agastache rugosa not available 4 593.6000003814697
Agathosma betulina Buchu; Honey Buchu; Mountain Buchu 5 126
Agave sisalana Mescal; Sisal; Hemp Plant; Sisal Agave; Sisal Hemp 2 0
Ageratum conyzoides Mexican ageratum 6 141, 435