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Biological Activity (+)-Inotropic

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
HARPAGOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
VASICINONE not available Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
BERBERINE not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
CAFFEINE not available Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
THEOPHYLLINE not available Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
ACONITINE 0.1 mg/kg scu gpg Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
BERBERASTINE not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Mahonia fargesii not available 1 0
Scrophularia buergeriana Hsuan-Shen; Yuan-Shen 1 0
Mahonia nervosa Oregon Barberry; Oregon Grape-Holly; Oregon Grape; Water Holly 1 0
Andira inermis Cabbage Bark 1 0
Lamium sp not available 1 0
Podophyllum hexandrum Himalayan Mayapple 1 0
Menispermum canadense Moonseed 1 0
Mahonia fortunei not available 1 0
Aconitum carmichaelii Aconite; Fu-Tsu 1 0
Zanthoxylum alatum Indian Prickly Ash; Wartara Oil Tree 1 0
Corydalis spp Fumewort 1 0
Mahonia philipinensis not available 1 0
Annona cherimola Cherimoya 1 0
Macleaya cordata Plume Poppy 1 0
Turnera diffusa Damiana 1 0
Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple 1 0
Nandina domestica Heavenly Bamboo; Sacred Bamboo; Southern Heaven Bamboo; Nanten (Jap.) 1 0
Caulophyllum thalictroides Blue Cohosh 1 0
Mahonia gracilipes not available 1 0
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 1 0