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Biological Activity Immunostimulant

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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
(+)-CATECHIN not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
(-)-EPICATECHIN not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE not available McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
2,3-DIHYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
3'-O-METHYL-CATECHIN not available Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
4-O-METHYL-GLUCURONOXYLAN 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.
ACEMANNAN not available Duke, 1992 *
AGRIMONIIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANTOLACTONE 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.
ALLANTOIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLICIN not available LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
ALLIIN not available LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
ALLOISOPTEROPODINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLOPTEROPODINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 0.12 ml/man/day Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
ANETHOLE not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
ARABINOGALACTAN 3.7-500 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDONIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
ARCTIGENIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ARISTOLOCHIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Artemisia absinthium Wormwood 4 3, 100
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 3 950
Artemisia capillaris Capillary Wormwood 3 22
Artemisia cina Levant Wormseed 1 0
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 13 11, 748
Artemisia herba-alba Desert Wormwood 2 1, 811
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 6 111, 678
Artocarpus altilis Breadfruit 4 8, 119.10000000149
Artocarpus heterophyllus Jackfruit 4 4, 869
Arundo donax Giant Reed 1 1, 100
Asarum canadense Wild Ginger 1 0
Asiasarum heterotropoides Asian Wild Ginger 1 59
Asiasarum sieboldii Siebold's Wild Ginger 1 59
Asimina triloba Pawpaw 5 3, 198.5
Aspalathus linearis Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea 7 593, 711.7599998713
Asparagus lucidus Lucid Asparagus 1 8
Asparagus officinalis Asparagus 8 28, 607.377999953926
Astragalus gummifer Gum Tragacanth; Tragacanth 1 0
Astragalus membranaceus Huang-Chi; Huang Qi 10 1, 312
Atractylodes lancea Cang Zhu 1 33