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Biological Activity Hepatotoxic

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
MENTHOFURAN not available Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92.
MONOCROTALINE not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
NIACIN not available Duke, 1992 *
OTOSENINE not available Duke, 1992 *
PICROSIDE-I not available Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
PICROSIDE-II not available Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
PLATYPHYLLINE not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
PTEROPHINE not available Duke, 1992 *
PULEGONE not available Lewis, E.J. and Friedrich, E.C. 1989. The Essential Oil of Poliomintha incana. Planta Medica 56(2): 224-226, 1990.
PUNICALAGIN not available Duke, 1992 *
PUNICALIN not available Duke, 1992 *
RETRORSINE not available Merck 11th Edition
RIDDELLINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE not available Martindale's 29th
SANGUINARINE 10 mg/kg ipr rat Duke, 1992 *
SCELERATINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SENECIONINE not available Merck 11th Edition
SENECIPHYLLINE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Curcuma longa Turmeric; Indian Saffron 2 264
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba Guar; Cluster-Bean; Siam-Bean 1 0
Cycas revoluta Sago Cycas 1 3, 000
Cyclanthera pedata Achocha 1 75
Cydonia oblonga Quince 1 22
Cymbopogon nardus Ceylon Citronella; Citronella 1 600
Cynara cardunculus Artichoke 1 82
Cyphomandra betacea Tamarillo; Tree Tomato 1 170
Cyrtosperma chamissonis Swamp Taro 1 22
Datura stramonium Jimsonweed 1 0
Daucus carota Carrot 4 34
Dioscorea alata Greater Yam; Winged Yam 1 34
Dioscorea pentaphylla Mountain Yam 1 29
Dioscorea sp. Wild Yam 1 0
Dioscorea villosa Wild Yam 1 10
Diospyros digyna Black Sapote; Sapote Negro 1 20
Dipteryx odorata Tonka Bean; Dutch Tonka Bean 1 210, 000
Dracocephalum thymiflora Thyme-Flowered Moldavica 1 280
Drimys winteri Winter's Bark 1 0
Dryopteris filix-mas Male Fern 1 0