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Biological Activity Immunomodulator

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
GINKGOLIDES not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDES 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.
GLYCYRRHIZAN-UC not available Duke, 1992 *
INOSINE not available Duke, 1992 *
IRILONE not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
MAGNESIUM not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
OPC not available Duke, 1992 *
OPCS not available Duke, 1992 *
PAEONOL not available Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN not available Duke, 1992 *
SAIKOSAPONIN not available Duke, 1992 *
SANCHINAN-A not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM not available Duke, 1992 *
SWAINSONINE not available Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
SYRINGIN not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle 1 0
Lantana camara Lantana; Wild Sage 2 2, 956
Larrea tridentata Chaparral; Creosote Bush 6 4, 967
Laurus nobilis Bayleaf; Sweet Bay; Grecian Laurel; Bay Laurel; Laurel; Bay 5 1, 059, 024
Lavandula angustifolia English Lavender 3 19, 000
Lavandula latifolia Aspic; Broad-Leaved Lavender; Spike Lavender 4 93, 591
Lavandula x hybrida Hybrid Lavender 1 200
Lavandula x intermedia Dutch Lavender; Lavandin 2 10, 280
Lawsonia inermis Henna; Mignonette; Jamaica-Mignonette; Mignonette Tree 2 1, 591, 280
Lens culinaris Lentil 7 18, 500
Lentinus edodes Shiitake 1 0
Leonotis leonurus Lion's Ear 1 28
Leonotis nepetaefolia Catnipleaf Lion's-Ear 1 45, 220
Leonurus cardiaca Motherwort 5 44
Lepechinia calycina Epling's Lepechinia 1 115
Lepidium meyenii Maca; Peruvian Ginseng 5 5, 930
Lepidium sativum Garden Cress 3 22, 746
Levisticum officinale Lovage 1 80
Licania platypus Sansapote 1 1, 005
Ligustrum japonicum Japanese Privet; Ligustri Fructus 7 2, 112